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NYC Subway Terror Plot May Threaten Holidays, Feds Warn

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and TOM HAYS | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics


From the AP: Police bolstered security in subways and trains Wednesday after the government warned that al-Qaida suicide bombers were contemplating an...

Taking on an $8 billion company and winning in four days

Michael Rogers | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics


Michael Rogers

I'm tired. I've been involved in the struggle for gay equality since 1986 and I'm tired of fighting. I'm tired of the conflict in what has become a c...

Songs For Sale: The Era of the New Megahit

David Singer | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago


David Singer

As in any ecosystem, a new and parasitic mutation is coming to fill the void, giving us the tunes that will become part of our lives, our history, our shared cultural identity. I speak, of course, of the jingle.

Man Calls 911 Twice After Subway Leaves Sauce Off Sandwich (AUDIO)

AP | Posted 09.06.2008 | Home


Jacksonville police say Reginald Peterson needs to learn that 911 is not the appropriate place to complain that Subway left the sauce off a spicy Ital...

Confronting Our Inner Vigilante (Part 2)

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.12.2008 | Living


Russ Wellen

There's an even stronger impulse driving some to the vigilante act than grandiosity: the realization that if you do nothing, you've essentially allowed yourself to be held hostage, not necessarily to the perpetrator, but to fear.

Confronting Your Inner Vigilante

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living


Russ Wellen

If spontaneous and proportional to the crime, the vigilante act, as opposed to the practice, is not a crime. In fact, there's no shortage of situations which call for taking the law into one's hands.

Jared Fogel Not Dead, Hoax Flies Around Web: Snopes

Posted 07.03.2008 | Business


Despite reports around the blogosphere that Jared Fogel died, including the bizarrely thorough JaredRemembered.com, Snopes reports that Jared is alive...

Gas Prices Causing Surge Of Mass Transit Riders

New York Times | CLIFFORD KRAUSS | Posted 05.17.2008 | Business


With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead. Mass transit systems aro...

New Urban Status Symbol: The Subway

BusinessWeek | Jennifer Fishbein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


It seems like everywhere you turn these days, a new high-speed train is whisking more passengers across longer distances faster than ever before. A ri...

Wal-Mart Dumps McDonald's For Subway As In-Store Restaurateur

Wall Street Journal | JAMES COVERT, RICHARD GIBSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is losing its taste for burgers and fries. Subway, the fast-food chain that likes to promote its sandwiches as a healthy alterna...