23 April 2004

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New York's currently: been working for this weekend

North Korean train crash: Outcome unclear as various sources place between 50 and 3,000 dead in the massive explosion. Following news blackout that may or may not have been government-imposed, North Korea asks U.N. for help.

Appeals court decision clears way for Zacarias Moussaoui to be tried in criminal court, allows death penalty.

White House says limited sovereignty for Iraq.

Freedom of Information Act forces Pentagon to release images of soldiers' coffins.;/p>

The government…announced it would bill the former hostages $6,000 for air fare. Returning Japanese captives meet cold disapproval at home.

A look back at 50 years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop.

National Columnists Day was this week, and nobody cared.

Gene sequencer game brings out the lab tech/Missile Command lover in you. [iva things]

When Saudis support jihad in Iraq, but not in their own country.

'He doesn't give me a message. I know he's going to say, 'I really like you,' but I don't think he really does.' Mayor Bloomberg's ratings up, though still no real connection to the public.

NYC tourism reborn: Scottis, Australian travelers watch as teen and transgendered lover have sex-play in Central Park tree.

Women [must be] willing to submit a head-to-toe photograph, to prevent unattractive women from making the cut. New York social club goes all-out with exclusion laws.

Swimming, evolution, liquor join forces in an ad.

Because you love it: Shirley Jackson's classic short story, 'The Lottery.'

Photos of why bicycle lanes in Brighton, U.K., are sometimes untrustworthy and outright dangerous.

Gallery of the stunning storytelling art of Robyn O'Neil, whose macabre Everything that stands will be at odds with its neighbor, and everything that falls will perish without grace can be seen in the current Whitney Biennial.