Topic: New York City

Luxury firms push ‘eco-posh’

Handbag-makers to hotels are luring a new kind of luxury consumer.

New York's skies: safe or 'too congested'?

In the wake of Saturday's midair collision, seven New York lawmakers on Monday pushed the Federal Aviation Administration to enforce stricter flight rules in the Hudson River corridor.

Want cell service abroad? Try a cheap local phone

Not all phones will work abroad, and even if yours does, you could end up with roaming charges unless you sign up for an international calling plan before you go.

RadioShack hires the wrong branding consultant

Forget the recording studio, just use an iPhone

Air Force One flyover fiasco - private emails compare it to Three Stooges

A cure for the soulless corporation

A Christian Science perspective.

Difference Maker People Making a Difference: Lyndon Harris

During 9/11, this New York clergyman experienced true heroism. But he still had to find his own path to forgiveness.

Astronaut's life: no shower, sleep anywhere, cramped dinner table

When You Reach Me

There’s a mystery woven throughout this original tale of a teen and her troubled friendship.

Sotomayor's views on property rights cause concern

She was part of an appeals-court panel in 2006 that favored a private developer with the authority to seize land by eminent domain.

Opinion: Watch out for an Iranian backlash

Considering how Iran's domestic shake-up caught everyone off guard, Western states should be prepared for what the regime might do next.

Laid-off Wall Streeters find entrepreneurial spirit

A small-business incubator in New York steps up to rival collaborations in Boston and Silicon Valley.

Gates arrest: racial profiling or 'tempest in a teapot'?

The city of Cambridge, Mass., has dropped its charges against a Harvard professor who alleges he was arrested for breaking into his own house only because he is black.

Difference Maker People Making a Difference: Nadia Bitar helps Liberian orphans

The fashion model-turned-philanthropist aims to build a new home for them.

A line between rich and poor

When the apartment's clothesline broke, it offered a brief entree into another world.

From our files: An interview with Walter Cronkite

The Monitor spoke with the CBS anchorman, who died Friday, in a 1973 series of interviews with the three networks' broadcast journalists.

Desperately seeking Austen

'Python posse' set to hunt Florida snakes. Is it overkill?

Most are feral – the offspring of pets let loose in the wild. Some say their danger to humans is actually low.

Job hunting? This week's most intriguing openings.

City bees are all the buzz

Beekeeping gains in the concrete jungle, despite some concerns.

Sotomayor opens by stressing fidelity to the law

She presented a compelling story of family struggle and had a few words of explanation to her harshest critics.

NAACP to use latest technology to fight racism

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has launched a program that lets people use their cell phones to report incidents of police misconduct.

Obama’s week ahead: Economic policy, politics, and baseball

Sotomayor spin cycle in overdrive – a week early

Republicans have been boosted by the NRA registering its 'concerns' about Sotomayor Tuesday. Democrats are playing up her record on law and order.