| A Mingling of Leaf-Peeping and Time Travel Vintage railroads throughout the Northeast bring passengers fall foliage views they can’t enjoy from a road. feeds.nytimes.com |
Upstart Winner Challenges Brooklyn Democratic Leadership Lincoln Restler upset the candidate preferred by Vito Lopez, the longtime Brooklyn Democratic leader, in September’s primary for a state committee seat. feeds.nytimes.com |
City Room: Tales of Bike Lane Abuse A report found that interlopers often intrude on bicycle lanes, gumming up bike traffic and running afoul of city rules. feeds.nytimes.com |
City Room: They Can’t Resist Touching the Botero There’s no mystery about what makes shoppers and tourists stop at the 12-foot-tall Adam at the Time Warner Center. feeds.nytimes.com |
Hundreds Protest a Dinner with Ahmadinejad Hundreds of protesters rallied on 42nd Street last night as the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, dined with a group of religious leaders at the Hyatt Hotel. The dinner, billed as an international dialogue, was sponsored by a collection of pacifist religious organizations including Quaker and Mennonite groups. The broad coalition of protesters outside said the event lended legitimacy to a dictator who supports terrorism and denies the Holocaust. "How can you dine with a tyrant?" one of... nysun.com |