I LOVE this new feature: http://www.nytimes.com/timeswire/index.html
It works great, provides great content, and I suspect I'll be using this as my NYTimes interface from here on out.
Just as an aside, I think the Times approach of subtly introducting new features is the right way to do things: it provides a good soft-launch to assist in debugging, and if it doesn't work, they can just as quietly retract the feature and work on it until it they can make it work well.