New York's currently: stuck in traffic No, Mr. President, you will not have your war crime trials; Yes, Mr. President, you can be curtailed. Stevens's ruling implies military policies must now comply with the Geneva Conventions' basic requirements. Trillin: Vote for Chris Dodd, his name
New York's currently: damp but not flooded Israel arrests 64 Hamas ministers, batters Gazan towns and sends message to Syria with a fly-by over al-Assad's house. Palestinian gunmen claim to have killed Israeli settler. NBC makes best friends with YouTube. DaimlerChrysler to begin selling
New York's currently: sitting down for this Wait wait wait, maybe North Korea isn't about to shoot a missile. Wait wait wait, insurgents in Iraq who've only killed American soldiers won't get amnesty. With only 30 percent of the earth's
New York's currently: putting a good friend in a box and shipping it back to Apple Israeli tanks and troops mass on the border of Gaza; Olmert warns of broad, ongoing operation. Israeli and Palestinian press reactions to the Gaza conflict. Abbas orders Israeli soldier found; Israel intel
New York's currently: killing time, but multi-tasking Warren Buffett to give away fortune earlier than expected, and a large chunk is headed toward the Gates' Foundation. Whatever happened to legislation for lobbyist spending reform? Congress appears to have let it quietly die. Senate Democrats bristle at
New York's currently: held together by ibuprofen Thousands of financial records scanned for terrorism links in secret federal program. House approves permanent tax cut on inherited estates, plus new pork-veto power for Bush. Senate rejects Democrats' call for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Mexico&
New York's currently: trying to tan indoors Congressmen making too much money too close to their earmarked projects have investigators sniffing for corruption. Pentagon distributes 74-page briefing book to Congress offices to show them how to spin the war in Iraq. One way: Say WMDs have been
New York's currently: a wonderful place to lose kids Iraqis say U.S. soldiers, found in "insurgent hotbed," were tortured and beheaded, then booby-trapped. Soldiers' families upset to learn news first from media, not military. Op: $135 million for Klimt's "Adele
New York's currently: the Criterion edition of your city American soldiers missing in Iraq discovered dead. In Iraq, three U.S. soldiers are charged with murder of detainees, whom they reportedly released before killing them. Japan will withdraw its troops from Iraq--the deployment was always unpopular, and
New York's currently: conditioning its lair U.S. urges South American countries to keep Chavez out of the Security Council. Huge bogs of Iraq's "black oil" pumped into mountain valleys and reservoirs, then torched. North Korea reported closer to missile test; Prosecutor demands death
