A food-obsessed traveler uses the Zagat guide of the Napoleonic era to explore the culinary wonders of this city in the 21st century.

Bohemian no more, pedicabs in New York must take a ride on the legitimate side beginning this weekend.

Any Hershey offer would need to be at least $17 billion and would break from the financial conservatism that has long defined the American chocolate giant.

BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 31 miners were killed and 78 remain trapped 500 meters (yards) underground following a gas blast at a mine in China, state media said on Saturday.

German law enforcement officials arrested 17 on Friday in connection with what was described as the biggest match-fixing scandal yet uncovered in European soccer.

A South Carolina legislative committee will convene to begin preliminary impeachment proceedings against Gov. Mark Sanford, according to the chairman of the state’s House Judiciary Committee.

History has proven there are two subjects that will move Egyptians into the streets in riotous numbers, crashing windows, battling each other and defying an army of club-wielding riot police.

The question of how good the Longhorns are may linger until they are truly tested, which may be in the B.C.S. title game.

For girls, the season’s hottest toy is a set of fake hamsters; for boys, a series of battle cards and action figures inside small spheres.

It’s a measure of Oprah Winfrey’s outsize stature that the news that she would shut down “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in September 2011 buckled the media world.

Officials from six countries and the European Union expressed disappointment that Iran had not accepted a deal to export most of its enriched uranium.

If it survives an appeal, the verdict late Thursday would be the nation’s largest award of damages to an individual suing a tobacco company.

The Chinese government has held an American oil geologist on suspicion of stealing state secrets for nearly two years, prompting President Obama to raise the issue during his visit to Beijing.

Students occupied campus buildings at Berkeley and Santa Cruz on Friday, the day after a 32-percent increase in tuition was approved by the University of California Board of Regents.

“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” has sparked heated debate about its meaning since its limited release.

Hershey is considering bidding for Cadbury, a proposal that would top the $16.7 billion hostile bid from Kraft, people briefed on the matter told DealBook on Friday.

An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday.

The Bloomberg administration, which has said it wants to avert layoffs, has not disclosed the change to the public.

In the suit, the state’s attorney general asserted that Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings provided misleading ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses for state funds.

A writer complains about dinner guests whose dietary demands extend well beyond their allergies.