New York’s currently: open-mindedly miserable

 Russian troops pursue Chechen rebels who killed 48, including three regional officials, overnight.

 Iran to prosecute eight UK sailors who crossed its border.

 The happier your mood, the more liable you are to make bigoted judgments. Happy people are nasty, deluded nuts.

 Fascinating insiders’ perspectives on building democracy in Baghdad.

 Long Island family busted for smuggling illegal aliens, working them as slaves.

 Hitchens: Fahrenheit 9/11 is a frivolous piece of sinister propaganda. Denby: Well, it’s funny.

 Supreme Court decides right to remain silent doesn’t work when cops ask for your name.

 Photos of New York City commuting.

 To do: Hear chamber music on a barge in Brooklyn.

 Finding punctuation mistakes in Eats, Shoots, & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation.

 Amateur clarinetist gets embedded with the Philharmonic.

 Connecticut’s Governor Rowland resigns under pressure, facing impeachment inquiry after ethics violations.

 The villains of Reagan’s world were like the ones in Frank Capra’s movies—capable of change once they saw the light. Remembering what Reagan accomplished.

 Blog of Eric Umansky, from Slate’s “Today’s Papers.”

 Before selling books to a used-book store, remember to remove all personal items.

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