New York’s currently: keeping the film rights

 Arrests made in yesterday’s bombing that left at least 27 killed and 450 wounded at the British Consulate and a British bank in Turkey.

 Baghdad: rocket attacks on two hotels and the Oil Ministry.

 London demonstrators mock toppling of Saddam Hussein statue, topple Bush effigy in Trafalgar Square.

 Where are we in this boom-bust process? The deteriorating situation in Iraq is either the moment of truth or a test that, if it is successfully overcome, will only reinforce the trend. Tracking the arc of American supremacy, and asking if it’s a good thing anyway.

 Michael Jackson booked in molestation charge.

 September 11 commission subpoenas New York for police tapes and other materials the city has refused to hand over.

 Anti-accord demonstrations in Miami turn violent.

 Amid scandals, Illinois lawmakers pass landmark governmental ethics bill.

 Hepatitis outbreak linked to Pittsburgh Mexican restaurant: now up to 530 cases.

 Phil Spector charged with murder.

 U.S. begins deportations of ex-Nazi guard living in Queens.

 Senior Israeli official says during question-and-answer session at Georgetown University that Israel will make a ‘decent respectful offer’ to Palestinians for statehood.

 Really, like, really answering the question: estimating the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.

 Enough Thanksgiving resources and recipes to thoroughly engorge your gizzard.

 The husband and wife sit close on the front porch step. Their children wave sparklers, then drop them, hissing, into a coffee can of water. Kathy Fish, ‘With Fire and Metal on a Moonless Night.’

 The preview you need to see, even though you still haven’t seen Elf: Will Ferrell in Anchorman.

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