When I fly out of Newark (a NY area airport that is actually in NJ), I often have to wait in the plane an hour or more before it takes off.

Quoted: Under the so-called "Passenger Bill of Rights," airlines would be required to provide food, water and clean toilets to passengers stuck on the ground for more than three hours. Airlines that fail to follow the new law could have to pay a fine of $1,000 per passenger for each violation.

Quoted: A 50-year-old construction worker jumped on the subway tracks to save a man as a train approached.

Quoted: The dollar was so weak, said her cousin, a 27-year-old nurse, “We had trouble spending all our money.” Add a new superlative to New York’s long list: world’s most fabulous discount mall.

This is the most emailed article today on the new york times.

Quoted: Frank Bruni averts his eyes and samples the steaks at Robert’s, the restaurant in the Penthouse Executive Club, a strip joint on the far West Side.

Went here today. Cute atmosphere and a decent value actually if you get one of the combinations (see below). The women's bathroom has one of those sophisticated toilet seats for cleaning yourself http://mohito.wordpress.com/files/2006/12/20061226-nyc-family-003.jpg. For some reason, they left this out in the men's bathroom.

Quoted: Today’s soup & vegetable appetizer
Soy milk quiche w.mushrooms & scallions
Tea smoked salmon
15 grain rice
Dessert
Your choice of tea
$19

Quoted: One day after resolving issues between a developer and landowners, bulldozers rumbled into a giant pit on Thursday to begin construction of the glittering Freedom Tower skyscraper meant to symbolize New York's resilience to the September 11 attacks.

this café my sister is talking about is owned by the singer "moby". check out the "our story" tab. even though these mail order prices are expensive, the in-café prices are very reasonable.