New York's currently: sunny and cold 2,000th U.S. soldier dies in Iraq. Short bios of all killed. Sixty Iraqis killed daily this year in Iraq, up from 40 last year. Bush camp prepares for at least one indictment when the grand jury meets today. Spate of
New York's currently: soggy In Baghdad, three car bombs detonate near hotels popular with foreigners, but fail to get past barbed wire. White House seeks to create loophole, wants CIA employees exempt from new measure to cease inhumane treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody. Bush names Ben
New York's currently: singing happy birthday Wilma comes ashore in southwestern Florida at 125 mph, a Category 3 storm. 15,000 people left homeless by the storm in Mexico. Counterterrorism experts confused by White House "top 10 foiled plots" when serious threats are neighbors to half-
New York's currently: squeezing in all the tennis it can get U.N. says top Syrian and Lebanese officials killed former prime minister Rafiq Hariri (click here for PDF report). Congress finally gives the gun industry a giant shield. Derogatory stereotypes banned at school, including offensive images of
New York's currently: buying baseball hats, choosing sides Senate asks nominee Miers to resubmit questionnaire, calling her responses "insufficient" and "insulting." In grand jury testimony, Rove says it might have been Cheney's chief of staff who revealed Plame's identity to
New York's currently: making more coffee than necessary Conservatives pleased to hear candidate Miers once favored outlawing abortion. Military makes more than $120 million off on-base slot machines. Twenty-eight percent of Iraqi vets return home with health problems. Final results for Iraq's new constitution
New York's currently: post-season sleep disorder In Ramadi fighting, U.S. airstrike kills 20 Iraqi civilians. Iraq election results delayed as officials investigate areas where votes in favor of the new constitution were above 90 percent. Investigation of Plame leak hovers around Cheney's office. With
New York's currently: thankful the rain's passed Despite large Sunni opposition, Iraq's new charter looks likely to pass. Analysis: Constitution's passage is only one precipice avoided before the next one appears. U.S. kills 70 militants near Ramadi. Bush moves slowly to
New York's currently: growing gills Avian flu confirmed in poultry in Turkey--the virus may be traveling west with birds' migration patterns. American soldiers try to convince Iraqi Sunnis to vote in Saturday's referendum. "What's your strategy, and how do you think
New York's currently: a soul-crushing place to live sometimes FEMA spends $11 million a night to house Katrina evacuees in hotels. New Orleans mayor urges former residents to come home. List of federal rules waived post-Katrina. Pentagon plans for active-duty federal unit to handle at-
