1 June 2006

  • New York's currently: a one-city town
  • U.S. will negotiate with Iran if Tehran first "suspends" playing with uranium.
  • Is Bush's turnaround an offer intended to fail, particularly since it lacks security guarantees?
  • One hundred and fifty killed in Iraq since Monday; Forty-two found dumped around Baghdad, most showing signs of torture.
  • The conflict in East Timor explained.
  • City of light sees more cars burning.
  • With epidemic of illnesses expected, Ukraine asks employers to be flexible during first World Cup match.
  • NASA schedules Discovery launch for July after a year on the ground.
  • Lost luggage on spacecraft requires organizational rethink.
  • You've seen their bones--now see them boning! Triple-X dinosaur park opens in Nevada.
  • Rachmaninoff's old piano hides in a Columbia dorm.
  • Homeland security grants to New York and D.C. slashed by 40 percent; New York said to have "zero" national monuments or icons.
  • The Old Man and The Sea and Cake. Motley Crüsoe. Bands and books mashed-up.
  • Mountaineering Association urges Nepal to take action against sherpa who stripped on Everest.
  • Recently in TMN's Digest: Andrew Womack with the Mp3s of the week.
  • India now has the largest number of AIDS infections, 5.7 million to South Africa's 5.5.
  • The Euston Manifesto, for common cause among democrats.
  • Israeli scientists discover cave full of previously unknown animals.
  • Remains found of nine-year-old pirate; Three-armed baby may have surgery.
  • Baby-boomer Satanists know 6/6/06 is just a number, but that doesn't mean they won't throw a party.
  • Best bathroom stalls for coupling in New York.
  • The Shopping List, for foodie must-delectables; Better Living Through Design, for living room lust-ables.
  • Tutorial on how to ship and install a Richard Serra sculpture.
  • Omit: "If you had earned bad karma, you might come back as a chicken." Edits for California's social-science textbooks.
  • Highlights from 5,000 hours of conversations recorded by six American presidents.