New York’s currently: waking up with the lights on

 “Five years ago, we used to have about 120 funerals a weekend, but this number has now jumped to 600.” AIDS crisis in South Africa so devastating that graves must be recycled.

 With tires squealing, in un-panicked formation, police across New York performing random drills.

 New Saudi proposal for all-Muslim military force in Iraq deemed “interesting” by U.S.

 Exiled Chalabi now building grassroots coalition of disenfranchised Shiite Muslims in Iraq.

 Citing lack of justice for killed staff, increasing safety concerns, Doctors Without Borders to withdraw from Afghanistan.

 A photo-video journey of 3,304 images transports you from one coast to the other.

 “This is not a work which many adults will read through more than once.” And other reviews of The Lord of the Rings when it was first published 50 years ago.

 Flash: Parallel parking has never been so addictive.

 Florida voting touchscreens—new technology, new problems, no data.

 Fascinating galleries of what people used to dream transportation would be like today, flying cars and everything, not many SUVs.

 Video: Will Ferrell channels GWB, fears horses at White House West.

 Tampered baby food in Southern California contained ricin, threatening notes.

 The Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919.

 The bee invites you to explore. And: Make a thing on a box.

 The story of when Santa Anna moved to Staten Island and brought chewing gum to America.

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