Columns:

• Newsday Expressway: Racists are Remembered
• Upward mobility can be a heavy burden
• White Christmas a lesson in faith, fire safety
• Mixing brown and white prompts a few red faces
• Motorist's racist remark will linger
• Tornadoes have a dangerous appeal
• Racism lives in your own back yard
• Where will I find a good bagel now?
• Pop? Soda? My rooooots are showing
• Driver demands open season on deer
• Cell phones take the longing out of love
• A promise to love, honor and disobey
• Jayson Blair profits again from misdeeds
• Waiter serves food with a side of sauciness
• What was silly is now sobering
• I'm apparently guilty of 'flying while brown'
• Sometimes greetings are hard to grasp
• Word imperfect: Occasional gaffes can be good for laughs
• Just call me 'What was your name again?'
• Technology: It's not just for nerds anymore
• Summer is good time for cheap thrills
• What you need to know before you get oriented

Reviews:

• Back to Blonde looking ahead to success

Articles:

• PETA protesters tout 'naked truth' campaign against KFC
• Paintball players thrive on excitement and funny costumes: 1,200 show up to shoot with Shatner
• Village mourns loss of historic store after fire
• Tier man's injuries a mystery in Spain: Binghamton grad found paralyzed
• Doctors grant child’s wish
• Officials focus on wiping out graffiti
• Teens organize benefit to aid boy with leukemia