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IN the past decade, baseball has experienced a data-driven information revolution. Numbers-crunchers now routinely use statistics to put better teams on the field for less money. Our overpriced, underperforming health care system needs a similar revolution. Skip to next ... [full story]

OAXACA, the southern Mexican city with Zapotec roots and a Spanish colonial gloss, simmers with a passionate spirit. Although it's known as a hotbed for social justice rallies (including a large-scale teachers' strike in 2006), the city's infectious zeal goes ... [full story]

WHEN it comes to second-home living in Naples, Me., it’s all about the lake. Or, to be specific, the lakes. Skip to next paragraph More in EscapesMore articles on second homes and vacation destinations.Go to Escapes » Multimedia Map Naples, ... [full story]

IN another time, Wayne Puff, who had run a small limousine company and twice filed for bankruptcy, might not have won the confidence of major banks or investors with sizable portfolios. Skip to next paragraph ... [full story]

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday named two former Clinton White House officials, Joshua Gotbaum and Michael J. Warren, to oversee the new administration’s takeover of the Treasury Department as it manages the still-evolving 0 billion financial rescue plan. ... [full story]

AY GILBERTSON, 43, of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., recently paid Cartronics, a local customizing shop, ,000 to install a satellite radio, four speakers, a subwoofer and a 400-watt amplifier in his vehicle. This was after he had spent ,000, buying ... [full story]

THREE years ago, when the first residential units went on sale at the Landmark, a mixed-use luxury development on the southern outskirts of Denver, the occasion was noted with a lavish party featuring lobster and Chateaubriand and entertainment by former ... [full story]

Skip to next paragraph Microsoft's OneCare software updates its own database of viruses daily. Related Pogue's Posts The latest in technology from the Times's David Pogue, with a new look. Go to Pogue's Posts » ... [full story]

WITH no real rivals in its path, a hot-orange Dodge muscle car smoked the field at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show. Skip to next paragraph Multimedia Slide Show Notable Models in Chicago Related No Tool Left Behind ... [full story]

As the Treasury Department prepares a billion program to help delinquent homeowners avoid foreclosure, it confronts a difficult challenge: not making the plan too tempting to people like Todd Lawrence. Skip to next paragraph ... [full story]