In a week when the U.S. was useless in stopping the fighting in Lebanon and New Yorkers sweated helplessly through a record heat wave, no one was above seeking support from improbable quarters.

In a week when the temperature hit 100, the numbers didn’t always add up.

A good week for keeping one's own counsel in New York City.

As the city basked in the rockets’ red glare above New York Harbor, it was a week to savor many happy returns.

It should surprise no one that chivalrous behavior was prominently on display during a week in which New York was declared the world’s most polite city.

Some weeks, anything seems possible.

As the satanically auspicious date of 6/6/06 came and went last week, New Yorkers could be forgiven for suspecting the end of the world might well be nigh.

As Memorial Day passed last week and temperatures soared toward the nineties, the moment seemed ripe to start swinging for the fences.

There was definitely something blowing in the wind here last week, and it was more than just reports of Cate Blanchett playing a young Bob Dylan in a biopic.

Some weeks, star power takes a backseat to firepower.