New York’s currently: putting a good friend in a box and shipping it back to Apple
Israeli tanks and troops mass on the border of Gaza; Olmert warns of broad, ongoing operation.
Israeli and Palestinian press reactions to the Gaza conflict.
Supreme Court rejects Vermont law limiting money candidates can raise and spend.
At least 38 killed yesterday in Iraq.
Seersuckers soaked, 100-year-old White House elm felled in D.C. flood.
Pentagon accelerating plan to deploy interceptor missiles in Japan for the first time.
How long can the U.S. allow North Korea to keep its missile outside the barn?
Biology says older brothers boost likelihood of a boy growing up to be gay.
The differences between art and “kiddie” art—when $25,000 seems a tad too much for tyke-ism.
J.K. Rowling drops broad hint that Harry Potter will meet grim end.
How to find out if you’re underpaid.
Op: World Cup watchers get the referees they deserve.
Seasonal Shirts: Witold Riedel designs new summer ‘06 T-shirts for TMN, available now.
Sweden jails father for having his daughter circumcised during Somalia vacation.
Female canaries hearing Al Green pre-coitus make for better mothers down the road.
I told him I wasn’t sure I wanted near-human levels. 50 ways to leave your live-in robot lover.
New in inventions: Password-protected bullets, leaking hard drives.
America to enlarge by 300 millionth person this fall; baby most likely will be Hispanic.
Young filmmaker Derek Lake becomes third cyclist since 2005 killed on Houston Street.
Video: See trailer of Lake’s first film, Sans Pertinence.
What to know about electricians in New York.
Audio tributes to the Brooklyn Bridge’s pre-concrete drone.
Overheard in NY gets Google-mapped.
Writers week 2.0 at audio blog Moistworks, including crossword puzzle.
State senator to offer amendment severely limiting the serving of marshmallow spreads in schools.
