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Nine years ago, the first Chinatown bus service revolutionized cheapo travel. But turf wars and safety problems—culminating in last week’s fatal crash—soon undermined the dream. A historical itinerary:

It’s that time of year again at the zoo: when the monkeys get fat and lazy thanks to Orthodox Jews.

How one Brooklyn mother’s attempt to return a child’s lost cap roiled a parents listserv with gender politics.

Mark Green’s 23-year-old political director tackles the tabloids and New York’s political establishment—and wants you to know that his boss isn’t arrogant.

The latest architectural fad: extreme makeovers in glass.

Undergrad stats whiz Victor Hu brought Moneyball-style analysis to the Bombers’ old-school front office. Here, his calls on the ’06 season.

Fed-up vendors start a garage of their own.

Four Stuyvesant High School students decided to publish their shared teenage journal—in their own handwriting, with photos and doodles included. Susan Lehman spoke to diarists Julia Baskin, Lindsey Newman, Sophie Pollitt-Cohen, and Courtney Toombs, who are now college freshmen, about their book, The Notebook Girls.

What the fans outside the Today show’s studios think of Katie Couric’s possible move to CBS and who they’d like to replace her if she goes

Tales of real-estate woe at a landlord seminar on cheapo tenants.