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The Clintons, who live on a Chappaqua cul-de-sac, are said to be eyeing a 20-acre horsey estate in Bedford Hills.

The Saratoga oddsmaker has bunched the morning line tight for the Travers Stakes for a reason: there is no true standout.

The law for the first time allows a couple in New York to dissolve their marriage by mutual consent.

Many educators in states that did not win or even participate in President Obama’s Race to the Top competition said the rules favored densely populated eastern states.

School budgets fared worse this year in districts with a large number of white voters and a large number of nonwhite students.

Queens College’s only dorm houses 500 students out of 20,000, and contains full kitchens, cable television, wireless Internet access and private bathrooms.

Local officials who pushed for educational changes celebrated a victory in a competition for federal money.

After a near-total shutdown of the Long Island Rail Road, caused when century-old equipment caught fire, some service was restored by evening.

Kate Spade wedge heels seem to be the shoes of a circle of younger women aspiring to power or already in it.

In November, New Yorkers will decide on issues including term limits, a commission responsible for recommending changes to the city’s charter voted on Monday.

At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Andrew M. Cuomo voiced warnings about subprime loans but could have been more effective.

Opera on a rustic park trail and portraiture in a subway car demonstrate that in New York, art is never very far away.

Rick A. Lazio is making his opposition to a Muslim center a centerpiece of his candidacy for governor of New York.

New York State and a utility disagree on how to handle the Indian Point nuclear plant’s effect on the Hudson River.

The author of a biography on Willie K. Vanderbilt, will be at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum sharing his intimate knowledge of his subject.

The 80-minute play is the story of squabbles both domestic and foreign.

The View restaurant, which opened in May, was once part of William K. Vanderbilt’s “Idle Hour” estate.

In a rustic steakhouse setting that offers more than just steak, the portions are large and the views handsome.

Zachary Lippman, a scientist at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, applies genetics in his quest to radically improve the yield of plants.

Electronic balloting requires the use of a pen or pencil, and a magnifying glass.