New York's currently: signed up for autumn Iran President Ahmadinejad's big day in New York: spent 40 minutes questioning the Holocaust, no time left to pick up a new blazer. At U.N. address, Chavez refers to Bush as "the devil," gets more laughs
New York's currently: briefing its boxers Military (though bloodless) coup in Thailand; general vows to appoint a new (less corrupt?) prime minister within two weeks. Thais realized something very unusual was happening when Channel 5, controlled by the Army, removed its usual program. Are we winning in Iraq?
New York's currently: no tengo dinero When slipshod Canadian intelligence and nightmarish U.S. interrogators work together, one innocent computer engineer pays the price. If John McCain wants to pick up Bush devotees' votes in 2008, he has to start singing a different tune about torture. The
New York's currently: 90 degrees, with a head cold that won't wither Pope Benedict says he's sorry that Muslims were offended and upset by his remarks, though it's not clear if he's sorry he said them. Speaking of offensive remarks,
New York's currently: keeping our heads above water E. coli outbreak in bagged, fresh spinach has killed one person, sickened 48 others. White House, Republican senators clash over how to interrogate terror detainees; Democrats say they expect to be blamed for this as well. Representative Bob Ney to
New York's currently: pronouncing "two" with a Baltimore accent Arctic ice has declined sharply, 2006 was the hottest American summer since 1936, and though private and state-level initiatives receive applause, the U.S. is still deaf to global warming. It may already be too late.
14 September 2006: Due to system failure, today's headlines will be published at 11 a.m. New York's currently: still looking awful good Spitzer, Clinton win Democratic primaries; a map of the races and how they're panning out. In a single day, police in
New York's currently: looking awful good Bush addresses nation, says victory in Iraq is essential to winning the war on terror. Jihadi websites mark Sept. 11 by serving up a different kind of rhetoric, specially made for Western visitors. Analysis: The war on terror won't be
New York's currently: blue sky and sunny Families of 9/11 victims recovering, grieving, arriving somewhere new five years later. Ground Zero remains a hole in New York's heart--and the best analogy for its progress since 9/11 may be "a novel, a cheap
New York's currently: alerting its finances to hit the gym New interrogation policies allow CIA to continue doing whatever it likes--even if tactics are unproductive and abuse-prone. Baghdad's morgue triples its count for violent deaths during August, erasing U.S. and Iraqi claims of
