New York's currently: stuck somewhere between 20 and 30 percent gray Republicans in Congress negotiate five-year, $70 billion tax break; see the chart to find out how much you get. Is support for this regime in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ (PBUH) or Moses (PBUH)
New York's currently: having the longest real spring in recent years White House calls Iranian president's letter a ploy. See also, when to lob. Moussaoui would like to retract his guilty plea because now, he says, he understands he can get a fair trial in America.
New York's currently: through fields of cattle, through fields of cane Amid intense G.O.P. criticism, White House nominates Gen. Michael Hayden for CIA director role. Over the weekend in Baghdad, 43 bodies were found, each shot at close range; series of car bombs kills 14. White
New York's currently: cinco de everything Senate passes $109 billion emergency spending bill for wars, hurricanes, and Rhode Island. Largest Darfur rebel group agrees to peace deal--two smaller groups are unhappy with the terms, however. Building costs for WTC memorial steaming toward $1 billion--will planning begin
New York's currently: brewing coffee with coffee, metaphorically Jury doesn't reach consensus and Moussaoui gets life sentence. Op: Witness a noble jury refusing a terrorist his martyrdom and a state its scapegoat. House narrowly passes Abramoff-inspired lobbying legislation that's a far cry from
New York's currently: finding Greenpoint ashes in Fort Greene and thinking, seems familiar Mexico's Fox to legalize nearly all popular drugs and narcotics for personal use. The scale of this year's spring Taliban attacks alarms officials, though the Taliban doesn't make the
New York's currently: developing an allergy for every situation Hundreds of thousands of immigrants skip work, school in peaceful protests across the U.S. Yesterday's demonstrations employed multiple tactics--though some proved more successful than others. Iraqi army graduation turns ugly when Sunni grads are told
New York's currently: grape crazy! Deadline for Darfur peace agreement passes with no accord. Kadima signs up Shas for coalition government in Israel (by leaving evacuating settlements off the table). White House plan to lower gas prices won't do much, says White House. Even Limbaugh feels
New York's currently: a la luz de la aurora Hoping to stem rising gasoline costs, Senate Republicans propose $100 rebate for taxpayers and extra taxes on oil companies. ExxonMobil announces first-quarter earnings, is on track to break last year's record profits. Iraq's top
New York's currently: about to completely unravel, possibly Sister of Iraq's new vice-president gunned down, two weeks after another of her brothers was murdered. FEMA yanks back housing benefits from thousands of hurricane evacuees. FEMA is in shambles, beyond repair, and should be abolished, say
