Hotter than ever

From the New York Times: "The make-believe winter collided with reality: People wore T-shirts as they ice-skated on the wet and slushy rink at Rockefeller Center, and the Polar Bears held a moment of silence, turned their backs on the Atlantic and headed toward the boardwalk, a protest, albeit an underdressed one, against global warming."

72-Degree Day Breaks Record in New York by Manny Fernandez