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In what may be the first warm weather tragedy of the year, an 11-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool in Brentwood Monday after he tried to swim in the deep end of the pool with two friends, police sources and neighbors said.

Hotels that care about the environment often have to balance this concern with their own business needs.

United States manufacturing declined in May for the fourth consecutive month while inflation surged to the highest in four years, heightening fears of stagflation.

The company cited “uncertainty and controversy over product labeling regulations.”

The Treasury secretary defended the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency, in a message to gulf oil producing states.

Citing high oil prices and the slowing economy, the International Air Transport Association sharply lowered its industry forecast for 2008.

With the Mineola owner of 23 cats and one dog being evicted from his home, the authorities said Tuesday that they are looking for people to volunteer to adopt the animals.

After the success of the single currency, the European Central Bank faces a new challenge. How will it make monetary policy with some members mired in a slowdown and others stalked by inflation?

Melvyn I. Weiss, the prominent class-action lawyer, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by a federal district judge in Los Angeles for his role in concealing illegal kickbacks to plaintiffs.

Flip Saunders was fired as Detroit Pistons coach Tuesday, four days after his team was eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals.

No matter how things play out, June 2, 2008, goes down as a big day for the Dallas Cowboys.

The divorced parents of actress Lindsay Lohan briefly appeared in a Nassau County courtroom Tuesday morning over reported allegations that Michael Lohan has not had enough access to his two youngest children.

FedEx said it will change the name of its printing and professional services unit, which it purchased in 2004, and record a charge resulting from the renaming.

Bradford & Bingley on Monday became the latest lender to seek emergency help from an investor, agreeing to sell a 23 percent stake to TPG, the private equity group.

The chances are growing that Richard A. Grasso will keep the $185 million pay package that led to his ouster as chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.

The ouster of G. Kennedy Thompson as chief executive, announced Monday morning, leaves the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank confronting an uncertain future.

Mr. Bill, the clay doll that was pulverized in vintage “Saturday Night Live” skits, makes it through the day in a new ad campaign by MasterCard.

The Mets and Yankees need Pedro Martinez and Joba Chamberlain. Both of them take the mound tonight.

One game out of 162 is all Monday night's 6-5 Yankees loss to the Twins was. Yet somehow it felt so much bigger to the Yankees.

The pivotal play in the Dragons' 73-65 win over the Colorado Crush on Monday was actually a defensive one.