New York's currently: making friends with the radiator Two-thirds of Katrina funds were spent in initial recovery, which doesn't leave much for the expected years of rebuilding. No word yet on Jill Carroll. After week of violence, Iraq's Sunni bloc returns to negotiations.
New York's currently: like a metaphor Furor in Iraq over mosque attacks leaves at least 138 dead, brings the country dangerously close to civil war. Gunmen at fake checkpoint north of Baghdad kill 47, dump their bodies in a ditch. Dubai firm agrees to delay takeover of U.
New York's currently: ringing in the year of AW More than 100 killed since Shiite shrine was wrecked, including three Sunni clerics, plus 90 Sunni mosques attacked. Slideshow of damaged shrine. Despite Condi's pleas, Saudis walk like Egyptians, will continue to fund Hamas. South Dakota attacks
New York's currently: gagging on the in-box The port security hue and cry? Humbug. Hysteria. Hotdogging. Bureau of Land Management hampers its own biologists' monitoring of damage caused by drilling on federal land. Ugandan opposition candidate runs his operation from jail. It's a strange
New York's currently: life lessening For seven years U.S. intel groups have been reclassifying public info. U.S. military suspects Iraqi highway patrol forces are stocked with death squads. Twenty-six dead in Iraq yesterday, 60 injured. Sedaris: Art is more fun when you buy it with
New York's currently: reverting to its natural state Interior Ministry-sanctioned death squads confirmed in Iraq, stopped by highway patrol on their way to an execution. Mudslide in Philippines leaves 1,500 missing. If the White House and Senate Republicans decide they'd rather not hold an
New York's currently: back to soggy springtime Chertoff and Cheney both take responsibility, though neither's sure what he did wrong. Australia airs more Abu Ghraib photographs, Arab anger fueled (pics available here). Hamas calls for "giant summit" with all living Israelis. Permission slip for
New York's currently: the last of the famous snowstorm Riots in Pakistan over cartoons leave three dead. Iran confirms it has resumed uranium enrichment activities. Today New York melts, as temperatures return to "normal." After Cheney shooting victim suffers mild heart attack due to shotgun pellet,
New York's currently: got too much VD in the first place U.S. and Israel plot ways to destabilize the Palestinian government so Abbas will call new elections. Mubarak breaks promise, postpones Egyptian elections for two years. White House press corps attacks McClellan over delayed shooting information (Cheney
New York's currently: finally reaching the end of the Dr. Bronner's label Snow in New York--26.9 inches--breaks 1947 record. Iraqi Shiites nominate Jafari for prime minister, Jafari seems nonplussed. Covey flushes, Cheney shoots hunting companion. Bird flu makes first appearance in European Union,
