1 November 2005

  • New York's currently: sunning in November
  • Who is nominee Alito? For foes, it may all come down to one case.
  • Seven U.S. troops killed near Baghdad, making October the fourth deadliest month since the war began.
  • Desperation at Guantanamo drives many to suicide attempts.
  • Press secretary Scott McClellan, who has vouched for Miers, Libby, and Rove, asked by press corps if he plans to resign.
  • If you think you know the true meaning of "literally," you probably don't.
  • Iranian police confiscate sexy mannequins.
  • What becomes clear is what few outside its gates would suspect... Life in a retirement community is a lot like being in high school.
  • Overruling its self-imposed cease and desist, Google will scan books until told otherwise.
  • Rockefeller Center observation deck opens today.
  • Carnegie Mellon roboticist releases book on how to survive a robot uprising.
  • What you should do if you think a restaurant gave you food poisoning.
  • United Methodist Church defrocks lesbian minister, reinstates pastor who refused gay man in congregation.
  • Photos: Tall bike jousting.
  • Avian flu: what you should and shouldn't be worried about.
  • "I wouldn't know what fresh saffron looks like. I'm not into research." George and Barbara Bush's personal chef.
  • Gear: Tailor-sewn clothing so you can dress like a Beatle.
  • After 100 years, why not? Emergency exits to be installed in NYC subway stations.
  • In Dresden the Church of Our Lady, ruined in the 1945 Allied bombings, reopens.
  • Have the Arctic Monkeys changed the music business?
  • "No, actually I'm going to be a fairy, but fairies are part of the elf family." Overheard in New York on Halloween.