New York’s currently: draining

 Rains linked to Hurricane Frances filled up New York’s aging sewers yesterday, shutting down parts of the subway system, while Florida’s flood-control system held back the water.

 So, really, what’s going on with all these hurricanes lately?

 Car bomb explodes outside Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 11.

 Genesis probe falls to Earth, and with it solar particles and a seven-year dream.

 Three years after it seemed that the name and image of the twin towers would be mournfully expunged from the cityscape, the World Trade Center survives.

 Dowd: The scare tactics of Dick Cheney and why American voters shouldn’t stand for it.

 New documents show Bush was suspended from flying with the Texas Air National Guard for disobeying direct orders, failing to show up for duty.

 NRA lobbying and election-year politics mean the assault-weapons ban is still set to expire on Monday.

 “The Taliban are women! They’re bitches! If they were real men, they’d stop hiding under their burkas and they’d come out and fight!” Army uses loudspeaker to lure Taliban.

 Following massacre in Russia, Muslim media becomes introspective.

 Since the beginning of the U.S. invasion, over 10,000 people have been killed in Baghdad.

 Diarists get sick; Atkinsists get bored.

 Films to see before you vote.

 Video: Interviewer rolls eyes over sci-fi conventioneers’ responses.

 “There were two swastikas painted on the ceiling, but also celtic crosses and several stars of David, so we don’t think it’s extremists.” Cinema/restaurant discovered beneath the streets of Paris.

 Video: Bush says, “Too many OB-GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country.”

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