K5 2007: Teh Ghetto in Review
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Since the K5 Emperor of Icecream, eavier, foisted the augean task of ghetto-reviewing onto my skinny shoulders this year, here goes. First, we begin with the grimy w/hole itself, and then move to the individual rotting parts thereof. The obvious changes to the ghetto landscape were: trhurler didn't come back from his hike, MichaelCrawford started giving it away, my kuron brethren were badly trolled by a xanax-popping dysfunctional alcoholic), both Egil and insomnyuk decided to suicidomize themselfs, NIWS/Spellcheckbot attacked (again), and rusty took apart his bathroom and added walls to K5.   Rotting parts inside:
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Yesterday's piece, lightly edited, on the Huffington Post. http://x98.us/jz  I think it looks pretty good over there!
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For one hot, bloody weekend in July, it was like old times in the nation's former murder capital. Eleven people died violent deaths over a 48-hour period. One was a hospital worker gunned down by muggers near Chinatown. Another was shot and killed in a drug-related dispute.
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A close-up chronicle of the most sustained period of street-to-street fighting that Americans have encountered since the Vietnam War.
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A close-up chronicle of the most sustained period of street-to-street fighting that the U.S. has encountered since Vietnam.
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And what may be in store for the rest of 2007.
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By Tim Ellis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 10--: This story is part of a monthly Sunday Neighbors series introducing newcomers to different aspects of Tucson.
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People in and around Ozone Park, Queens, still say mostly positive things about the time when John J. Gotti and the Gambino crime family reigned in the neighborhood.
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Graceful breakup announcements, photogenic small animals, outrageous slurs: a look back at 2007.
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It looks like the era of shorter films has had its day. 2007 is going
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Three years after 9/11, Manhattan looks shiny and clean. But what has become of its icons: its money, its people and, of course, Rudy? An update on a mending metropolis
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Blog: The downtown SoHo location now sports a short line, but the 5th Avenue line has not gotten any longer.
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By SCOTT HEWITT  Near I-5 is Northeast Seventh Avenue that crosses 99th Street. It runs north-south between the Arco station and the McDonald's.
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Violent offenses are rising in midsize cities for the first time in a decade. A look at what's behind the surge - and why it won't be slowing anytime soon
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Streeters are getting a little less than they did in the past.
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This year could be defined by social media, blended search, or even the changes in SEO. All told, 2007 is mainly the year that search grew up.
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A 5-year-old program that sends rookie police officers to crime hot spots in New York City has helped the city achieve the lowest murder rate in 45 years and will be doubled in size in 2008, police officials say.