Private Johnson was afraid the Lieutenant considered him an expendable, since he was always picked as point man.

It wasn't as though there were groups of kids from mob-connected families who socialized exclusively; in fact, a consequence of growing up in a huge city like New York was that you had several groups of friends, simply due to the number and density of people.

Well, in a season of meteorological extremes, perhaps it should not come as a great surprise to see several inches of hail accumulate in Yonkers on Tuesday night, creating scenes of winterlike wonder that residents were still dealing with on Wednesday.

THE PLO stole the name Falestinian and gave it to some Arabs, in the 1960's […]