In a week when temperatures broke 80 degrees, Hillary Clinton’s victory in Pennsylvania all but guaranteed a long, hot summer ahead.

The news that hordes of European tourists were propping up New York City’s economy came as no surprise to those who caught a glimpse of the German fellow cruising the streets last week in a late-model Popemobile.

In a week filled with lost causes, none was sadder than the fizzling of the congestion-pricing crusade.

Madonna pushed her relationship with the city close to the breaking point last week.

Hillary Clinton’s embattled presidential campaign used the force.

For another week, almost all politics was both local and sleazy.

The scary mini terror bombing on Times Square was forgotten amid the detonation of Eliot Spitzer’s political career.

While political watchers spent last week looking ahead to primaries in Ohio and Texas, the candidates engaged in a serious debate.

While some looked to the stars last week—awaiting a lunar eclipse or the arrival of J.Lo’s twins—the real action was taking place in the streets.

The year’s first blanket of snow dropped two days before Valentine’s Day, but it soon washed away—and on the ground, heartbreak abounded.