President-elect Barack Obama wanted to talk about health care and the economy, but he also had to talk about the scandal surrounding Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, reports John Harwood of The New York Times and CNBC.
As Washington fights over a plan to rescue Detroit's auto manufacturers, industry experts anticipate a third of auto parts suppliers may go out of business in the next 3 years.
New York Times reporter David Carr (aka the Carpetbagger) kicks off another awards season by escorting filmmaker Mira Nair to the 17th Annual Gotham Awards.
Screentest: Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Exclusive film by NYTimes.com/TMagazin e. Look for Part II of "Screentest" with Natalie Portman and Part III with Marion Cotillard of La Vie en Rose. NYTimes.com/TMagazin e launches on 11.29.07.
Odetta became a force of the folk music revival in the 1950s. In the 1960s her renditions of spirituals and blues became part of the soundtrack of the civil rights movement.
