Today was the annual Brian Lehrer Show End-Of-The-Year News Quiz! Guest Quizmaster Gail Collins (on her last official day as New York Times Editorial Page Editor) joined Brian to see how much our listeners have retained from the headlines in 2006. Here are the official winners:

Vito Ferrante, New Canaan, CT
Jim Slaughter, Manhattan, NY
A.C. Chaterj, Manhattan, NY
Arjun Patney, Manhattan, NY
James Brock, Brooklyn, NY
Dan Majkut, Brooklyn, NY
Carlos Colomer, Weehawken, NJ
Valerie Robinson, Piscataway, NJ

Congratulations!

Posted by leboheme at 01:57 PM

Gail Collins, Editorial Page Editor of The New York Times, co-hosts the 2006 Brian Lehrer Show News Quiz in WNYC studios.

Posted by Seamus at 12:27 PM

Sara Fraad Haffey, co-founder of Building Bridges for the Future, discusses the social needs of Aceh's tsunami survivors. December 26, 2006

Posted by Seamus at 02:27 PM

Martha Faad Henderson on the challenge of rebuilding two years after the Indian Ocean tsunami. December 26, 2006

Posted by Seamus at 02:25 PM

Haskell Naussbaum, former traffic judge and author of "Beat That Ticket", poses outside the Brian Lehrer studio after advising our listeners on how to navigate traffic court. December 21, 2006.

Posted by Seamus at 01:26 PM

Sandra Bloodworth, William Ayres and Mary Miss were in the WNYC studios on Tuesday, December 19 to talk to Brian Lehrer about the new book, "Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit"

Posted by Seamus at 01:30 PM

Sandra Bloodworth, director, Arts in Transit and co-author of "Along the Way:MTA Arts for Transit"

Posted by Seamus at 01:29 PM

Mary Miss, sculptor and installation artist whose "Framing Union Square" is part of the 14th Street-Union Square subway station

Posted by Seamus at 01:24 PM

William Ayres, Chief curator at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook, NY and co-author of "Along the Way:MTA Arts for Transit"

Posted by Seamus at 01:23 PM

Nuclear material secretly moved

Slippery Slope at Food Co-op

Transit Projects get Federal Money

Judith Regan Fired After Anti-Semitic Slur

Spitzer Says he Won’t Raise Taxes

New York is Safest Big City

Posted by Seamus at 09:32 AM

Major Owens, former Congressman from Brooklyn, talks with Brian about the end of the Republican led Congress and its legacy.

Posted by Seamus at 12:52 PM

Cops deputize YouTube

Bloomberg is Daily News' New Yorker of the year

Hoping for Whale Vomit

Iranian Protesters Fear for Their Lives

CIA Blocks Former Agent’s Op-Ed

LA Setting Example in Public Transportation

Posted by Seamus at 09:15 AM

John Hulsman and Anatol Lieven come the WNYC studios on 12/15/06, to argue for a new direction in U.S. foreign policy.

Posted by Seamus at 04:12 PM

Rice Rejects Overture To Iran And Syria (Washington Post)

Democratic Sen. Johnson in Stable Condition After Brain Surgery (Washington Post)

They Saw The Uniforms And Knew To Run (LA Times)

Reversing Trend, Big Drop Is Seen in Breast Cancer (NY Times)

Legislators Vote for Gay Unions in New Jersey (NY Times)

Who Americans Are and What They Do (NY Times)

Mesmerized By The Media (NY Post)

Dramatic Overhaul Is Urged Of Nation's Education System (NY Sun)

Freedom Tower Columns Ready For Signatures (NY Daily News)

Man's Best Find! Katrina Victim, Dog Reunited On L.I. (NY Daily News)

MTA Big Reaching End Of The Line (NY Post)

Posted by leboheme at 11:00 AM

Today we discuss opinions on different types of health insurance. here are the results of a WNYC/Pace poll conducted in October (word doc)

Posted by leboheme at 10:23 AM

Joint Chiefs Advise Change In War Strategy (Washington Post)

'04 Pentagon Report Cited Detention Concerns (Washington Post)

Iraqis Flee War, Run Into Hostility (LA Times)

EU Set To Raise Bar For New Members (London Guardian)

U.S. Subpoena Is Seen as Bid to Stop Leaks (NY Times)

Study Questions Colonoscopy Effectiveness (NY Times)

N.Y. State Senator Is Charged With Stealing More Than $400,000 (NY Times)

Pataki's Pet 'Perv' Law Dies In Capitol (NY Post)

Net Arena Over$old (NY Post)

Secret Sale Storm (NY Daily News)

Skies Have Eyes (NY Daily News)

Posted by leboheme at 08:59 AM

Saudis Say They Might Back Sunnis if U.S. Leaves Iraq (NY Times)

Pentagon's Plan: More U.S. Troops In Iraq (LA Times)

White House to Delay Shift on Iraq Until '07 (NY Times)

Immigration Raid Linked To ID Theft, Chertoff Says (USA Today)

Army, Marine Corps To Ask for More Troops (Washington Post)

Pakistan Court Drops Charge in London Plot Case (NY Times)

Pakistan's Support for Militants Threatens Region, Karzai Says (NY Times)

Web Site Hunts Pedophiles, and TV Goes Along (NY Times)

Salvo Fired in Atlantic Yards Eminent Domain Battle (NY Sun)

School 'Cell' Switch (NY Post)

Pals Hit On N.Y.'s Rich Moocher (NY Daily News)

Posted by leboheme at 01:26 PM

Craig and Brent Renaud, documentary filmmakers talk about their new film, "Taking the Hill"

Posted by Seamus at 12:40 PM

Richard Rabinowitz, president of the American History Workshop, writer and curator of "New York Divided" at the New York Historical Society

Posted by Seamus at 12:40 PM

Richard Rabinowitz, president of the American History Workshop, writer and curator of "New York Divided" at the New York Historical Society

Posted by Seamus at 12:39 PM

Algernon Miller, artist and urban designer included in the "Legacies" exhibit at the New York Historical Society

Posted by Seamus at 12:38 PM

Here is a link to an excerpt of the Iraq Study Group report where it deals with the Israeli/Arab conflict:

Download file

Posted by leboheme at 09:47 AM

Storytelling performer, two-time winner of The Moth GrandSLAM competition, and author of the forthcoming theatrical monologue and book, "Life in a Marital Institution"

Posted by Seamus at 01:02 PM

Intrigue Over Spy's Death Spreads to Germany (NY Times)

Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S. Tries Google (Washington Post)

Augusto Pinochet, Dictator Who Ruled by Terror in Chile, Dies at 91 (NY Times)

2008 Hopefuls Woo Bush Clan Donors, Aides (LA Times)

Annan To Blast U.S. In Farewell (USA Today)

50 Bullets, One Dead, and Many Questions (NY Times)

Union Square Protest Over Plans For Park (NY Post)

Eurotrash Making Marks On Subways (NY Daily News)

Fighting Fear Of Flu Shot (NY Post)

Lactose Tolerance in East Africa Points to Recent Evolution (NY Times)

Posted by leboheme at 10:52 AM

Developer Charles Gargano gives an exit interview, December 7, on developments in New York.

Posted by Seamus at 02:07 PM

Panel To Urge Pressure On Iraq (Washington Post)

Iraq Study Group Report available just after 11:00 AM:
U.S. Institute of Peace
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Center for the Study of the Presidency

Column: Al wants march down Fifth Ave. (NY Daily News)

On Call: Fifty Shots (New Yorker)

New York Bans Most Trans Fats in Restaurants (NY Times)

No Change in Definition of Gender (NY Times)

Park Pooches Get a Leash Break (NY Daily News)

Defense Nominee Gains Approval of Senate Panel (NY Times)

Iraqi Premier Moves to Plan Regional Talks (NY Times)

Muslim Cop $Laps CIA 'Bigot' (NY Times)

Guns Gone Wild (Village Voice)

Mega-Study Debunks Cellphone-Cancer Link (NY Post)

No, No, No. Yes. The Mayor's Curious Evolution on Public Money for Private Real Estate (NY Observer)

Posted by leboheme at 09:07 AM

Ray Kelly, New York City Police Commissioner, talks about the shooting of Sean Bell in the WNYC studios on the Brian Lehrer show.

Posted by Seamus at 12:16 PM

Bolton to Leave Post as U.S. Envoy to U.N. (NY Times)

Panel Faults U.S.-Trained Afghan Police (NY Times)

Video Is a Window Into a Terror Suspect's Isolation (NY Times)

Bucking School Reform, a Leader Gets Results (NY Times)

His American Dream (NY Mag)

Belly Band' Ops Give Teens Hope (NY Daily News)

Fees To Ease Midtown Traffic Jams May Get a New Look From City Hall (NY Sun)

Ever (More) Green (NY Daily News)

Breast-Feed Rights Bill (NY Post/AP)

Posted by leboheme at 11:42 AM

On the Brian Lehrer Show, Dr. Ronald M. Sega and Rod McKinley talk about the present and the future of the Air Force, at the WNYC studios on 12/1/2006.

Posted by Seamus at 01:34 PM