Highlights from this Sunday's Times (11/22/09)

Julian Goins jerking. (Stephanie Diani for The New York Times)

- Guy Trebay on the rise of jerking
- Michael Wilson on Judge Mazz, a TV judge who is not an actual judge
- Andrew Meier on Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a Russian oil oligarch imprisoned in 2003 who presents a political challenge to the country's leaders

Highlights from this Sunday's Times (11/15/09)

Nadya Suleman and her octuplets. (Gillian Laub for The New York Times)

- John Bowe on the meta-story of the Octomom, Nadya Suleman
- Alan Feuer on the Wall Street lawyer H. Rodgin Cohen
- Scott Shane and James Dao on Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's evolution and the words he exchanged with neighbors on the morning of his shooting spree at Fort Hood

Highlights from this Sunday's Times (11/8/09)

Pacquiao and Roach. (Alex Baluyut)

- Greg Bishop on the connection between the Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach, his coach
- David Segal on upgrades at Ruby Tuesday
- Abby Ellin on the surprising marriage of Melissa Johnson and Timothy Lagasse

Highlights from this Sunday's Times (11/1/09)

The Dexter Lake Club Band. (Andrew Hetherington)

- Brett Martin on the wild ways of the New York antiwedding-band wedding band The Dexter Lake Club Band
- Andy Newman on walking around his Brooklyn block 75 times
- Damien Cave on female veterans of the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who have post-traumatic stress disorder