A long-running struggle over control of the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees that has drawn national interest could reach some resolution next week. At stake is a system that allows alumni to elect almost half the membership of the board of trustees.

Since its beginnings, Medallion Financial has been guided by a catchy core philosophy: “In niches there are riches.”

The price of admission is steep: $28,500 a person. But New Yorkers willing to contribute that to the Democratic National Committee can expect to rub elbows with likely nominee Barack Obama the day after the final Democratic primaries in Montana and South Dakota - and also peek inside one of the city’s more exclusive apartment buildings.

There’s money in them thar melting ice caps. Sullivan & Worcester is the latest law firm to announce the formation of a full-time climate-change group to advise companies on issues related to global warming.

Max Liron Bratman is making his public service announcement debut at age five months. The son of Grammy-winner Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman will join his famous mother in the Rock the Vote campaign this August.

Ted Kennedy’s latest trial has cast a spotlight not just on him, but on his partner of 16 years, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, by all accounts a redemptive force in his life - and apparently his choice to take his Senate seat if he is unable to complete his term, which ends in 2012.

When Scott McClellan was named George Bush’s White House press secretary in 2003, The New York Times referred to his “tell-all-dad,” Barr McClellan.

Oprah Winfrey might be losing her touch.

To a degree unlike any other city in America, Chicago is identified with its black elite. Locals joke that you can find more black millionaires per square foot at the Chicago Urban League’s annual dinner than you can anywhere in the world.

What is the connection between the Spanish surrealist and the creator of Mickey Mouse?