New York's currently: pushing charity TMN will resume its daily publishing schedule on Monday, January 2nd. Happy holidays! In case you don't trust us, Charity Navigator helps you figure out where to give. AmeriCares for domestic and international relief. Donors Choose: Purchase materials for teachers whose
New York's currently: three hours late, just like everybody else Transit talks resume, MTA runs ads urging employees to return to work. How do you end a transit strike, anyway? Now that's a good question. Because you can't just hire 33,700 new people-
New York's currently: learning how to drive a subway train Just before negotiations with the workers' union broke down, the MTA proposed new demands that would have given it little savings. The transit strike is costing NYC over $300 million a day, or maybe it's
New York's currently: hijacking anything that moves New York public transportation shuttered by strike, the first time in 25 years. Related: The union's blog for your comments, the city's "contingency plan" site, and the rideshare board on craigslist. How illegal guns get
New York's currently: a nightmare on 34th Street With a possible full-scale strike imminent tomorrow, transit workers at two Queens bus companies walk off the job this morning. In televised address, Bush acknowledges nation's anti-war sentiment, reiterates Iraq victory stance, asks for continued support.
New York's currently: heading for low ground to weather out the season Bush secretly authorized the NSA to eavesdrop without warrants on Americans. Big turnout for Iraqi elections, including Sunnis, with fewer insurgent attacks than normal. Anti-U.S. Iraqi Islamic Army guerillas toting rifles escorted voters to
New York's currently: tipping extra out of extra guilt Insurgent groups promise not to attack, Sunni clerics end boycott, as Iraqis vote on their country's new government. Pentagon acknowledges that its database of antiwar protesters probably, maybe should have been purged. With little progress made in
New York's currently: needing a little something right this very minute, but it's not Christmas Pentagon to spend $300 million placing pro-American messages in foreign media without disclosing the source. Iranian president calls the Holocaust "a myth." Opportunists dig for frequent flier miles
New York's currently: masquerading as tourists Supreme Court to review DeLay's Texas redistricting maneuver, which pushed the state congress into the GOP's control. Clemency denied, guilt never admitted, Tookie Williams is executed in California. Suicide bomber attacks U.S. patrol in Baghdad, kills 25,
New York's currently: not in the prescribed spirit Second Iraqi Ministry jail discovered where prisoners were tortured. Evidence shows Interior Ministry, relying on Badr and other Shiite militias, is abducting, torturing, and killing Sunnis. Evening Standards prove doom-and-gloom agenda among headline writers. Bomb kills prominent anti-
