When the N.B.A. and the players union opened negotiations this weekend, every warning issued by the league’s first superagent David Falk was in play.

Officials treated the death of a luge athlete less as a tragedy than as an inconvenience.

As Jennifer Heil, a Canadian, finished second behind the American skier Hannah Kearney, Canada failed to pry loose the monkey clinging to the back of its Olympic fortunes.

Google is making important changes to Buzz to address criticism from users and privacy advocates.

Robot-assisted prostate cancer surgery makes sense on some levels but it costs more, and it is not clear if its outcomes are better.

The short-track speedskater secured the silver medal in the 1,500 meters, tying Bonnie Blair for the most ever Winter Olympic medals won by an American, with six.

A day after tragedy struck the Olympic sport, the men's singles luge competition began in a wintry mix at the Whistler Sliding Center on Saturday evening.

The modifications made to the Whistler Sliding Center after the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili after a crash during a training run presents luge sliders with a new set of challenges that include slower race speeds.

Anthem Blue Cross appeared confident its new premiums would pass state scrutiny even as it delayed the increase.

Wall Street did not create Europe’s debt problem, but bankers enabled Greece and others to borrow beyond their means, in deals that were perfectly legal.

Checkpoints have become profitable operations, more likely to seize cars from unlicensed — and often illegal immigrant — motorists than to catch drunken drivers.

Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann earned his third Olympic title by winning the normal hill event Saturday.

Canada’s luge team will have to quickly adjust to the changes to the course along with everyone else.

Indian authorities issued an alert after eight people were killed when a bomb hidden in a bag detonated in the western city of Pune.

Two prominent Democratic politicians throw their hats in to replace Representative Patrick Kennedy, who announced this week he won't run for re-election.

The man providing legal advice to American church members arrested in Haiti may have charges against him in the United States and a warrant for his arrest in El Salvador for sex trafficking.

Company K, part of a surge battalion, received a crash course in the Afghan war.

By taking advantage of political finance laws, the Congressional Black Caucus has built a fund-raising juggernaut unlike anything else in town.

The success of a huge offensive on the Taliban stronghold Marja will rise and fall on what happens after the gunfire.

The usual mosh-pit atmosphere behind the scenes of a fashion show was raised a few notches on Friday at a benefit for Haiti, convened by Naomi Campbell.