Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse

Torontoist is one of fourteen cities in the worldwide Gothamist network. Each Sunday, the editors of every site—from LAist to Londonist—choose their most interesting article, a list which is compiled into the network-wide feature Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse.

• Shanghaiist covered anti-China Olympic torch relay protests in London, Paris and San Francisco.
• Gothamist marveled as the NY State Assembly killed NYC's controversial congestion pricing plan without even holding a vote.
• SFist reported live on the only U.S. leg of the Olympic torch relay, which was a disaster for Mayor Gavin Newsom.
• DCist was tickled to see that Heroes star Hayden Panettiere filmed a short PSA to support voting rights and statehood efforts for the District of Columbia.
• LAist sat down with Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz for an interview to talk up his novel—"The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"—among other things.
• Phillyist addressed political discourse on the internet, and concluded that people are assholes.
• Londonist witnessed the Olympic torch making its fraught journey across the capital and took pictures.
• Bostonist sat back and enjoyed opening day for the Red Sox, as the city and Bill Buckner of the doomed 1986 Red Sox made peace when Buckner threw out the first pitch.

Photo by Mat Honan.