Remember the General Slocum
The morning of June 15, 1904, promised a day of fun for more than a thousand residents of the Lower East Side. In an instant, it turned deadly.
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15 June 2010: Morning
Waxman v. Big Oil will see the entire industry go on trial today. Obama to give his first Oval Office address tonight, likely to provide "realism and hope" about BP. Also: Tonight's speech will show how committed Obama plans to be about energy legislation. Op: Obama
14 June 2010: Afternoon
Over the past decade, we've learned diseases' genetics and pharmaceutical companies are more complex than previously thought. As it does with every 9/11 comparison, the Daily News called up some 9/11 family members to see who was upset about the remark. Philip Graham remembers eating
Picturing Corruption
In partnership with local education officials, Transparency International Pakistan asked children across the nation to depict corruption in a drawing competition to show a “Child’s View of Corruption.”
14 June 2010: Morning
Afghanistan's billion-dollar minerals--a curiously timed piece of good news? Karzai's ousted intelligence chief says the Afghan leader's given up on N.A.T.O. and is swinging for the Taliban and Pakistan. Turkey shows more assertive--if resentful--foreign policy, yet E.
Steve Almond
Steve Almond is the author of the sentence, “I was a twelve-year-old whose hobbies were shoplifting and pyromania.” He writes beautiful fiction, and if you don’t know it you might dig it. Last month he published a nonfiction book about music, though he freely admits to thinking
11 June 2010: Weekend
Mandela to miss opening ceremony after his great-granddaughter dies returning home from a World Cup concert. New oil-spill estimate says the Valdez disaster is flowing into the Gulf every 10 days. You want the oil? You clean up the mess. Britons, frustrated by stock losses, dislike being demonized
10 June 2010: Afternoon
There's a lake at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico that's over 100 miles wide and at least 400 to 500 feet deep of black oil. Government officials follow BP's policy of opacity, restrict press access to Gulf oil spill. World Cup losses
David Remnick
Our man in Boston goes the distance with author and “New Yorker” editor David Remnick in a conversation about President Obama, magazine publishing, and “American Idol.”
10 June 2010: Morning
Security Council backs new sanctions against Iran; securing Russian and Chinese votes weakened measure. Iran is losing Russia, China, and all those countries that matter. Obama to make reassuring eye contact with every last American. Obama's former Upper West Side apartment for rent--only $1,900 a month.