FocusAndRefocus

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With a passion for visual storytelling (in a beginner sort of way), and the people whose stories we show and tell, and the city of New York, and the neighborhood of Harlem, and the joy of the bicycle. document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='http://picuous.github.com/tumblrbox/tumblrbox.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));

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Lousy al-Qaida employee becomes deadly terrorist

After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida’s North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after scathing page, they described how he didn’t answer his phone when they called, failed to turn in his expense reports, ignored meetings and refused time and again to carry out orders. See what the struggling terrorist did next.

Old subway bridge, new construction

The Red Curtain

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Sea Smoke.

AP’s Maine based photographer Robert Bukaty was up before the sun this morning and out in the elements to make this cold weather feature at the Portland Harbor of barge motoring through the sea smoke caused by the sub-freezing weather. Robert is legendary in The AP for his abilities to use natural light to craft a stunning news photo.

Technical info on how this was shot will be coming as soon as Robert thaws out.