New York’s currently: down with being upstate

 Macedonian President dies in plane crash.

 Bush bars military from using certain types of land mines, puts no limit on use of ‘smart’ land mines.

 ‘Of course I was bugged. I was well aware of it. How did I know? Because those who did it would come to me and show me the recordings that they had made on others to help me do my job disarming Iraq.’ Claims arise that Blix and Butler’s phones also tapped.

 House votes to treat attacks on a pregnant woman as separate crimes against 1) her and 2) the fetus.

 Hudson Valley mayor gives the go-ahead on gay marriage.

 A quiz for you: What did George W. Bush do during his eleventh hundred days?

 The New York streets that live in the studio lots of Southern California.

 Howard Stern, Bubba the Love Sponge pulled after broadcasters endorse raising fines for on-air indecency from $27,500 to $275,000.

 City’s new guidebook for recently released inmates, ‘Making it Happen & Staying Home,’ is peppered with profanity and ‘street language’ and gets criticized for just that.

 Comparing on-screen Jesuses. Related: Woman dies watching The Passion of the Christ.

 Get Netflixian with Booksfree: borrowing books online.

 But we push anyway: Most ‘Push Button for Walk Signal’ signs in New York don’t work.

 Antville: for your cool music videos.

 Brilliant: Crimson Room, a game that will occupy you. Need help? Here it is.

 New Zealand: Life after Lord of the Rings.

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