New York's currently: ready to take this thing off some sweet jumps Gonzales squeaks in with Attorney General confirmation. Rhetoric in action: Less than a day after Bush says he's working with Europe to stop Iran's nuclear program, Rice, in her first move as
New York's currently: five boroughs of sickness Georgia's prime minister killed by gas poisoning, with no evidence of foul play. State of the Union: Fix social security using Democrats' ideas; encourage Iranians to revolt, Saudi Arabia and Egypt to overhaul; send aid to Palestinians, and
New York's currently: celebrating the fourteenth anniversary of Point Break Howard Dean, the "almost assured" new leader of the DNC. Egypt cracks down on opposition groups hoping to stop Mubarak from extending his 24-year rule. Tests conclude that North Korea sold processed uranium to Libya,
New York's currently: much nicer than Paris, weather-wise, this time of year Allawi makes big friendly speech, and headlines, hoping he can break the dominant Shiite coalition. U.N. says no government-sponsored genocide in Darfur, but war-crimes courts should prosecute killers responsible for 70,000
New York's currently: frozen but balmy Undeterred by threats and terrorism (and triple the average number of attacks), Iraqi voters show up in unexpected numbers. Iraq militant group claims responsibility for downing of a British transport plane, which killed 15. Israel says it's ready to hand
New York's currently: a fjord of storm gutters Election in Iraq: Country goes into three-day lockdown as the violence continues and a candidate is assassinated. The FBI is going ahead with expanding its intelligence gathering on foreign entities within the U.S. despite the CIA's
New York's currently: just a song inside your head Suicidal man in L.A. drives SUV onto commuter rail tracks, decides to jump at the last moment and causes a chain-reaction wreck that kills 11, injures 180. Douglas Feith, Defense Department strategist for post-war Iraq, announces
New York's currently: hacking its lungs up all night long White House predicts budget deficit will reach $427 billion this year; Officials insist they can still cut it in half by 2009. 31 marines feared dead in a helicopter crash in western Iraq--if confirmed, single worst loss
New York's currently: where the best will fall, and the rest will follow Fire in Lower Manhattan knocks C train offline--for up to five years. Report from Human Rights Watch reveals that Iraqi security forces frequently torture prisoners. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas seems close to getting militant
New York's currently: annually enraged by Bahamas ad campaign on the subway Zarqawi declares war on "evil principle of democracy", opposing heightened security for Sunday's elections. Genius Johnny Carson returns to gaseous state, remembered as private, even shy, ever a great joke writer. Haunted
