New York’s currently: spring and summer cleaning

 American and Iraqi forces raid former favorite and WMD accuser Ahmad Chalabi’s Baghdad HQ in investigation of employee wrongdoing and possible espionage with Iran.

 The rising and falling political life of Ahmad Chalabi.

 Survivors of strike that left 40 Iraqis dead say the U.S. attacked a wedding; U.S. claims it was really a smuggling operation.

 You will know the trail of paper: Memos since 2001 outline ways to circumvent prisoner rights and signed memo from October widened allowable interrogation methods in Iraq.

 Video, more photos, more accounts, more abuse from Abu Ghraib.

 Expanded Transit Authority rules may include ban on unauthorized picture-taking in subways, buses, and trains.

 Oregon lawyer arrested in connection with Madrid bombings released from custody, remains a material witness.

 Nick Hornby listens to rock music, even if he should be ashamed to be doing that, at his age.

 ‘Well, you can get very pretentious about soup!’ Ex-KLF member Bill Drummond and master of the prank now making soup for people.

 Man fatally shot in the head on a busy midtown street; strangely, Candice Bergen and Lorraine Bracco are on the scene.

 City shows support for the not-so-famous parks of New York.

 British spies: female spies not to use sex for secrets and suicide pigeon attacks.

 Taboo Tunes watches controversy and censorship in music, and has an exhibit of some of the most venomous perpetrators.

 ‘Cue the taxicabs to be flung about like puny toys.’ On making a truly great New York disaster film.

 Photography from Jason Santa Maria: at the Cornell House and spending Halloween in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

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A trumpet-blast of thanks to yesterday’s especially regal donor