10 February 2005

  • New York's currently: waiting for the sirens' call
  • Bill that would bar illegal aliens from driver's licenses, limit asylum, and erect a border fence gets White House support.
  • White House triples U.S. tsunami aid, to $950 million.
  • Newly declassified accounts from Gitmo detainees say female interrogators used sexually suggestive tactics.
  • Ikea store opening in London causes stampede, sends six shoppers to the hospital.
  • North Korea again announces that it has nuclear weapons, again suspends talks; Iran reiterates plans to continue nuclear program.
  • Three minutes a gate, 7,239 gates to go: Trailing the teams of volunteers raising Christo's Gates in Central Park.
  • "I wish I'd had a suit and tie on instead of a leather jacket. David [Bowie] seemed to know that, you know." Recent-ish interview with the Stone Roses' Ian Brown and Mani. Related: The Ian Brown Edition Adidas.
  • Blood-letting, sweaty palms as Ozick fights Amidon with Schlegel deciding in the TOB!
  • How to cut anything: illustrated kitchen prep. (With diagrams for leftys and rightys.) [via tott]
  • Oppose war? Owe taxes? Here's how to do one and not the other.
  • Investigators believe New York bank robber intentionally added spelling mistakes to stickup notes to confuse police.
  • Two sides: Transsexuals allowed to play in this year's British Open; man accused of dressing up like a woman so he could compete in women's athletics.
  • How a broken heart is like a heart attack and: Can your lover tell the difference between a bouquet from the florist and one from a bodega?
  • Because there's still time to get your stew on: How to choose a slow cooker.
  • Fellow who hangs with gay prostitutes poses as member of press corps, tosses softball questions to Bush.