New York’s currently: on vacation until Monday
Capitol Hill remakes Medicare, to cost $400 billion in its first decade, $1 trillion in its second, and perhaps not remarkably, no one knows what’s inside the bill.
Stroke gives woman British accent.
TMN’s Clay Risen on the Lin-crutch used by designs for the Ground Zero memorial.
Report cards for Democrats in Iowa.
Police bust JFK drug ring involving 19 baggage handlers and millions in coke and weed.
Sex is good! Sex is really, really, really good! Actor William H. Macy says even bad sex is OK.
Five million people infected with HIV this year.
Survey of new EU members in 2004 and hopefuls for 2007, and good summary of East-meets-West issues.
Responding to settlements, U.S. cuts nearly $290 million from loan guarantees to Israel.
Classic Trillin profile of Edna Buchanan.
The short course on setting the table properly by Florence Fabricant.
There are 1,000 times too many humans for the species to be sustainable.
The Metropolitan Opera to take first-ever mid-winter nap on account of low ticket sales.
Finger-biting Jesus unfazed by Tazer.
Recent paintings by Tadanori Yokoo.
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Major thanks to yesterday’s donation by mail truck
