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When the final part of the spire was lifted and installed on to the top of One World Trade Center, the Port Authority attached a camera to the bottom—remember this video, delivering 9 full minutes of vertigo that's still making our palms sweat? Anyway, around that time they ALSO took some other photos... FROM ABOVE, like this one. [ more › ]

It feels comforting to know that in a world in which so many things are changing for the better, some things will always remain the same: hot dog hookers will keep hot dog hooking, Chris Christie and Snooki will never be friends, and the club elite in the Hamptons will always find the douchiest ways imaginable to imbibe ridiculously expensive alcohol. Because everyone knows that the only thing cooler than a $25K bottle of champagne is a $25K bottle of champagne chilled during a 10,000-foot free-fall and served by a skydiver. [ more › ]

It's been a week since the horrific Metro-North collision that injured dozens of commuters, and the first federal lawsuit against the railroad has now been filed. A 65-year-old woman who says she was injured in the crash is suing Metro-North for negligence; her attorney says she is in critical condition and has suffered a brain injury. [ more › ]

Documentary film director Alex Gibney's no stranger to controversial figureheads—he's profiled everyone from Eliot Spitzer to the Enron crew. In his latest film, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, Gibney takes on Julian Assange, the embattled founder of the now-infamous classified information sharing site. We chatted with Gibney about Assange, whistleblowers, WikiLeaks and the dual dangers and necessity of information-sharing in the age of the Internet. [ more › ]

Arrested Development"/> Up until October 2nd 2011, the idea that we might one day be watching new episodes of Arrested Development seemed about as likely as Tobias and Lindsay making sweet sweet love. Despite the cult that had grown around the show in the years since it was cancelled—and despite the casts' constant chatter about the "movie"—new Arrested Development seemed as likely as a new My Bloody Valentine record. Of course, we know how that turned out: we got a new MBV album, and starting at 3 a.m. EST/12 p.m. PST Sunday, new episodes of Arrested Development. [ more › ]

Maoist attack: More than 600 CRPF men mobilised

Owner Eddie Carranza closed the theater over a liquor license dispute. [ more › ]

I explored Ayutthaya on foot a bit on Friday wandering around in about a milewide radius of my guesthouse to see some of the local sights. Ayutthaya is a busy little city and I got something of a feel for central Thai city life. I stopped at a pleasant woodpaneled restaurant for a breakfast of shrimp and noodles before heading to the train station for a train to Lop Buri.Lop Buri is another hi

1 lock 64 in total. Weather better today so after a short walk around Newbury we girded our loins for the journey to the far side of Newbury that is. With the current still flowing strongly in our direction we had to negotiate a hydraulic swing bridge avoid several weirs and work a lock before a headlong whiteknuckle ride through Newbury centre on a winding and narrow waterway. Note for n

It was another glorious day around 17 degrees. I didn39t realize that the daylight hours are extended here I think it was only dark for about three hours last night. Good thing the curtains blocked the sunlight I understand it was shining brightly at 4 in the morning.Anyways today we traveled through the lochs and glens of the Scottish Highlands to the Isle of Skye. I even saw the loch ness