New York’s currently: on a brand-new server, new database, new trousers

 11 killed by bus bomber in Jerusalem.

 Al Gore rolls through major PR parade before announcing whether he’ll run for President.

 Three comics build TV show in fake NBC news studio in Rockefeller Center.

 We Heart James at Tilted Planet.

 Master of hidden cameras refuses to work with FOX television.

 Yankees pitcher David Wells calls 911 after he’s offended by a ‘fucking Italian, little squatty-body motherfucker.’

 Glass, Caro, and Stone win National Book Awards.

 Clay Risen on the entirely too-happy people suffering from lead poisoning and bad surgery on the subway.

 Indie music taste as understood in the space-time continuum.

 Coconut and lemon-grass salad dressing becomes bomb, destroys kitchen. Related: Prepare for Thanksgiving with a devoted study of turkey, carving, and Nigella Lawson.

 This weekend: 48 hours of photography on Park & 20th.

 Blair campaigns against anti-social behavior.

 Puzzle: How to put two asses together.

 As a person with a family, [Berlin is] a much easier place to live than New York, which is why we stay: because we have a daughter. There are lots of parks there…it’s just an easier town. Powells interview with Eugenides, author, wimp.

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