New York’s currently: trying hard not to seize, preferring to quell
Dozens of Taliban rebels killed; Dozens of Iraqi police still missing.
Iran pledges $50 million to Palestinian government.
Zawahiri’s visibility suggests he’s worried about losing leadership of the jihad movement.
Cuban physician can’t travel because the government says her brain belongs to the state.
Blog from a clinic in Botswana.
Kissinger: Rules for pre-emptive action should be defined.
Comparison of lives, Jewish and Arab, in Jerusalem.
African eel catfish visits land for snacks (see video).
Correlation found between eating fish and less murder.
Court says L.A. can’t arrest homeless for sidewalk-sleeping until it builds more shelters—to which $100 million will soon be applied.
Illegal immigrants pay taxes with hopes of citizenship someday.
Cabbie drives Ben Folds to the laundromat, later ends up on stage playing harmonica.
Muriel Spark dies at 88. (The story that made her famous.)
High school books wrong Jon Stewart for gala speech.
This is a great car. What does it run on? Fame juice. Fey on facing off against Sorkin.
$710 a month covers all your commune costs in Staten Island.
NYPD begins installing cameras around town.
The science behind electronic mapping, and why MapQuest isn’t always right.
