there were not too many people around. new york city has a history of deadly crane accidents. in april, a man inspecting part of a crane died when it collapsed on to him. and in 2008, a crane came crashing down flattening a town house and killing seven people. people in in neighborhood tell us they are taken up. crews are working to clear the destruction even as it pours with rain and the city vowing to find out what went wrong. linzie janis, abc news, new york. vladimir putin won t be allowed to come to the meeting in germany next week. he won t be used to be g-8 when he was part of it. this is over part of the crisis in ukraine. russia supports aggression by rebels in ukraine. the snub is symbolic. a major player in global affairs. also from russia, it seems like