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
New York's currently: a pump of cherry syrup away from being the biggest snowcone you've ever had At least 14 killed in Shiite mosque car bombing in Baghdad. Cheney opines that perhaps Israel will attack Iran before the U.S. does. Hey, anything can happen. How
New York's currently: wondering if anyone under 40 has even heard of Fran Lebowitz Five car and truck bombs kill 26 in Baghdad. Rice says 120,000 Iraqi security forces are now ready to fight; Biden says the number is closer to 14,000. Dubai satisfies "unabashed
New York's currently: mistaking congressional hearings for one of those judge shows In Senate confirmation hearings Rice says there's no timetable for leaving Iraq, and hints that the U.S. will work to repair alliances. Intelligence gathering says Iraq will ask U.S. to leave following
New York's currently: extremely cold Believing the insurgency cannot be fully defeated, U.S. commanders plan to reduce operations and focus on training Iraqi security forces. Former top leader in China Zhao Ziyang dies, state refuses to notice the man who opposed the assault in Tiananmen Square. Thais
New York's currently: enjoying its 18th day in a row of awful weather CIA think tank says Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the training ground for the next generation of terrorists, thanks to U.S. President's inauguration theme "Celebrating Freedom, Honoring Service" to help
New York's currently: five, maybe six full fathoms Supreme Court rules that federal sentencing standards are no longer mandatory. Nations in need of tsunami aid worry that accepting it may harm their standing toward current creditors. Indonesia wants foreign relief workers and military forces out by March 26.
