Roma (or Gypsy) communities in Western Europe often face similar levels of discrimination as their counterparts in the east, the EU and UN say.

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‘Roma inequalities span Europe’

Eel populations, which had been declining on the East Coast, are making a comeback on Staten Island, with large numbers of them appearing earlier than normal.

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Eels Visit Staten Island Early and in Great Numbers

Kyo Ya, a Japanese hideaway in the middle of the East Village, offers a menu grounded in the shapes and rhythms of the natural world.

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Restaurant Review: Kyo Ya — NYC — Restaurant Review

The management of Belfast City Airport withdraw their plans to extend the runway at the east Belfast site.

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Belfast airport pulls runway plan

Doormen acknowledge that there is still much more to be made in end-of-the-year tips on the East Side than on the West Side, and that getting to Park Avenue is often the goal.

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Big City: Did You Give the Doorman Enough?

It was a proud moment, in the East Room of the White House, on a beautiful spring day in March 2009. In the room were leading scientists, Nobel laureates, the president’s science adviser and heads of organizations that had fought in support of scientific integrity in research and in government. I was excited to have been invited to watch President Obama sign a memorandum on scientific integrity . Read full article > >

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With the Plan B decision, the Obama administration broke its promise

The sound of county music will be twanging from the East Room of the White House later tonight. First Lady Michelle Obama has decided to celebrate the genre for the second time in her continuing “In Performance at the White House” concert series. Read full article > >

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Lyle Lovett, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley talk country music and national politics at the White House

At the East Asia Summit, President Obama telegraphed that the United States is turning its focus to the booming Asia-Pacific region after a decade of preoccupation with Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Obama’s Trip Sends Message to Asian Leaders

Sushi Yasuda, now in its second decade on the East Side of Manhattan, remains a standout shrine to sushi.

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Restaurant Review: Sushi Yasuda — NYC — Restaurant Review

Four men suspected of smuggling drugs are killed off the east coast of Nicaragua after a high-speed chase through Caribbean waters.

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Nicaragua navy kills ‘drug gang’

NEW ORLEANS — Chaka Khan is more than angry. Instead of getting to rest before her show at the Louisiana Superdome, the R&B star has been booked for two speaking engagements. She’s holed up in her hotel suite, fuming. Outside, her assistants are waiting for her to open the door. Her makeup artist, Derrick Rutledge , is waiting, too. He just flew in to do her after working on Michelle Obama in the East Wing. After New Orleans, he’s scheduled to fly out to do Oprah Winfrey before returning home to Washington. Read full article > >

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Makeup artist Derrick Rutledge makes over Michelle Obama, Oprah — and himself

When David Freese salvaged St. Louis’ season with a two-run triple in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 late Thursday night, most of the United States wasn’t paying attention. And by the time Freese met the jubilant mob of Cardinals teammates at home plate following his walk-off home run in the 11th , most of the East Coast was already deeply ensconced in REM sleep. Read full article > >

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World Series Game 7: What you’ve missed so far

For days, inspectors dangling from ropes pored over the weathered marble of the Washington Monument , gently “sounding” the stone with mallets, like doctors checking an elderly patient. They studied every block — each of which is numbered — for damage from the Aug. 23 earthquake that rattled the East Coast. On Wednesday morning, they finished the examination. Read full article > >

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Washington Monument external earthquake inspection complete

This post has been updated. A helicopter with five people aboard crashed into the East River near 34th Street Tuesday afternoon, sinking to the bottom of the river within minutes. It was taking off from the East 34th Street Heliport when it crashed. The pilot and three people have been pulled out of the water by rescuers, and two people have been taken to the hospital in serious condition. The final passenger, a woman, was pronounced dead on the scene, the New York Times City Blog reports . Read full article > >

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Helicopter crashes in East River, one reported dead

When the East Coast earthquake struck in late August, it appeared to hit particularly hard a place called “Twitter.” “ U.S. East Coast earthquake generated more Tweets than Osama bin Laden death ,” the United Kingdom’s Telegraph reported. “ Earthquake Hits East Coast: Aftershocks Felt on Twitter ,” said TheWrap.com, a Los Angeles-based publication. Read full article > >

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Many media types live in the land of Twitter, but most regular people don’t