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.

When the smoke (and, along Broadway, confetti) cleared last week, the great Democratic heavyweight bout had ended in a draw.

As Giants fans scrambled to order last-minute Super Bowl subs, the city was already bracing itself for the February 5 Super-Duper Tuesday winner-take-all demolition derby of doom.

New Yorkers enjoyed a three-day weekend thanks to Martin Luther King Jr., but the first day back at work was even worse than usual.

A resurgent Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only one who felt like having a good cry last week.

As the first arctic blast of January weather whipped through town last week, the city was chilled by news that Iowans had frozen out New York’s candidates for the White House.

As thousands of European budget travelers swarmed the rainy city and prepared to gaze at the big crystal ball in Times Square, many New Yorkers had already moved on to 2008.

The lighting of the solar-powered Rockefeller Center spruce put the city in a verdant mood last week.

As a judge allowed the Grinch into his theater, it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the city last week.

Facing unholy approval ratings last week, Governor Spitzer stopped pontificating about his driver’s-license plan and dumped it.