New York's currently: outsourcing its nuptials Investigation complications since Haditha didn't become a criminal case until four months after being reported. Man shot during east London anti-terror raid. Army engineers say hurricane protection system in Louisiana was a system in name only. Government asks internet
New York's currently: a one-city town U.S. will negotiate with Iran if Tehran first "suspends" playing with uranium. Is Bush's turnaround an offer intended to fail, particularly since it lacks security guarantees? One hundred and fifty killed in Iraq since Monday; Forty-
New York's currently: all up in your trees Bush names Goldman Sachs chair (and treehugger) Henry Paulson as Treasury secretary; Paulson doesn't mind the $37 million pay cut. On average, nearly 80 Iraqis were killed or wounded every day from mid-February through mid-May, up
New York's currently: suddenly summer Anti-U.S. rioting blows up in Kabul with at least 14 dead; death urged on dog washers. Afghanistan: the sleeper crisis of the summer, and the new battleground between India and Pakistan. Indonesian survivors desperate for aid; Guantanamo hunger strikers now number
TMN will be off Mon., 29 May, in observance of Memorial Day--see you on Tuesday. New York's currently: crafting a swimsuit out of anything Military investigation finds Marines murdered Iraqis, including women and children, attempted coverup. Hamas withdraws Gaza security force after 10 days of clashes with
New York's currently: 28-hour-ing Pelosi and Hastert demand the return of Jefferson's yanked files. Yanking a congressman: more a matter of etiquette than constitutional principle. Engineers have quickly repaired the New Orleans levees, though they're still not strong enough for even a
New York's currently: speeding up so we can speed back down Iran asks U.S. for direct talks on its nuclear program--and that letter still goes unanswered. Iraqi death squads may maintain loyalties to the government and the insurgency, and operate within the lawful bounds of Iraq&
New York's currently: reasserting itself Past week's fighting in Afghanistan "most intense" since 2001; dozens killed, concerns about strengthened Taliban. Corruption rampant throughout Iraq. Former CIA bin Laden unit chief on why intelligence in Iran is so poor. Burger King disgusts Muslim customers with
New York's currently: wishing the radiator would snap back on FBI accuses Rep. William J. Jefferson of Louisiana of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, finds $90K in his freezer. Air strikes on suspected Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan leave dozens of fighters, civilians dead. U.
New York's currently: constantly calibrating for marginally better outcomes Egypt resumes repression; State department "deeply troubled"; Bush hosts secret visit by Mubarak's son. Iraq's middle class doing everything it can to flee. Now that access is reduced to the minimum required, inspectors
