New York's currently: highly conventional Democratic convention opens in Boston to high energy, speeches from Carter, Gore, Clintons, while Republicans huddle two blocks away, and the two fire embarrassing photos to each other. With support fluctuating, voters demand more from Kerry on the issues. Corporate sponsorship of New
New York's currently: incredibly rested Armstrong wins Tour de France for record sixth time in a row. Network anchors snipe over convention coverage, networks' lazy reporting. Under presure, Bush may adopt 9/11 reforms soon after studying report in Crawford. Dems all smiles around candidate Kerry, stealing
Federal health officials drop view that obesity is not an illness, open doors for Medicare to cover weight-loss treatments. Residents of northwest L.A. evacuated, fire grabs homes and more than 11,000 acres. I'm not an Iraqi citizen. Things President Bush is not, from the horse&
New York's currently: post-monsoon sunshine State Department analysts found dozens of misleading conclusions in Powell U.N. speech, drafts of which came from the Cheney office. [PDF of report] With four countries gone and four about to leave, the international coalition in Iraq is steadily dismantling. Police
New York's currently: wishing the Presidential campaign season was only two weeks long Car bomb kills at least 10 in Baghdad, Bulgarian hostage beheaded, Iraqi police arrest more than 500 in sweep on kidnapping rings. White House refuses to show Senate Intelligence Committee one-page Iraq summary prepared
New York's currently: inventing new calisthenics Bush administration wants to cut Clinton-era regulations that protect 58.5 million acres of forest. Iraq government to offer amnesty to insurgents, though within limited offenses. New report shows that nobody understands the terror-threat color coding. Philippines says it will
New York's currently: in one year, out the other Little international aid promised to Iraq handed over, debts go unforgiven. Floods force more than two million to flee their homes in South Asia. Unusually bloody weekend in New York with 11 killed. Karzai says armed militias are top
New York's currently: crisp pools and cold movie theaters Trying to squeeze out the votes necessary to defeat a Patriot Act-softening bill, House Republicans go into session overtime, are chanted at. Next: Banning gay marriage. Missing Marine from hostage video shows up at U.S. Embassy in
New York's currently: hot, sunny, a chance of thunderstorms, maybe a BLT for lunch, or man, what about a cheeseburger... Pentagon to hold hearings for all 595 detainees at Guantanamo Bay. (See list of names, sorted by nationality.) Kenneth Lay indicted for role in conspiring to fiddle with
New York's currently: one good-looking ticket Defense Department official illegally enters Iraq--posing as a Halliburton employee--finds problems, recommends friends' companies for the solutions. Chilling new records: New report shows three million died of AIDS last year and almost five million became infected with HIV.
