Don’t Be a Statistic
While H1N1 dominates the headlines, other equally worrisome conditions get lost in the panic. Tips to survive spontaneous human combustion.
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25 September 2009: Weekend
Obama, Sarkozy, and Brown to blow the whistle on Iran's third nuke deception. Masters of the Universe reimagined as New York/Paris hipsters. Twelve steps to becoming "a super serious chin-stroking elder statesman" among the foreign policy elite. How interpretation works at the U.N.
24 September 2009: Morning
And the researchers do not know why it worked. A new AIDS vaccine tested on volunteers shows little success--but even that's a first. Yesterday's U.N. drama was nothing compared to Che Guevara's 1964 address, which came with two assassination attempts. California'
The Fiery Furnaces Visit the Department of Motor Vehicles
The brother-sister duo’s narrative inclinations take over during a license renewal.
24 September 2009: Afternoon
Palin's thoughts on economics are awful, but they show where she's heading politically. Assisted suicide gets guidelines in England; viewing the end-of-life hoopla from Oregon. If structural violence wasn't bad enough, citizens in the D.R.C. are now being attacked by
Carl Deal & Tia Lessin
Carl Deal and Tia Lessin are the producers and directors of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Trouble the Water, which follows the lives of Ninth Ward residents Kimberly and Scott Roberts during the aftermath of Katrina’s devastation of their homes in New Orleans. The film won the Gotham Independent
Goodbye to All Them
The life of a poet in New York means recognizing the important appellations and knowing when to take the (grant) money and run.
23 September 2009: Morning
As Toyota gets ready to shut down California's last auto plant, it asks the state to repay it for training costs. Construction of Gaddafi's massive tent in Bedford, N.Y., halted over code concerns. New poetry anthologies from Germany, Russia, and Vietnam shed light on poets&
23 September 2009: Afternoon
Op: It will be tricky to show we're concerned with reform if we only really care about Iran's nukes. Everything you need to know about next week's nuclear talks with Iran, especially as to who holds the power. Asia's Green Revolution was
22 September 2009: Morning
Investigators link as many as a dozen suspects to an alleged Al Qaeda bomb plot on U.S. soil. As the White House works to influence state elections, some Democrats are getting shade. Why are you trying to ruin my life? What Obama might have said to Paterson on the