10 January 2006

New York's currently: now absolutely sure the next person in line is always the last person in line

Alito confirmation hearings are off to a roaring start, with great political bombast and little public concern.

In Turkey, five more test positive for bird flu; and everyone's looking to Alaska for the virus's U.S. landfall.

Though danger is a part of the job, some mining operations choose to pay inspectors' fines rather than provide safer working conditions.

Christian Science Monitor reporter kidnapped in Iraq; suicide bombers kill 18 near Interior Ministry in Baghdad.

Man who piloted the 2003 Staten Island ferry disaster sentenced to 18 months of jail time.

The Smoking Gun shows how James Frey told a million tiny lies.

After two decades of sex-selection tests in India, the country is missing at least 10 million girls.

You can't find out how people are being audited by the IRS but you can find out who they called on their cell phones.

Married couples find happiness when they finally quit sleeping in the same bed.

Paging Capra: Cabbie builds fortune in Russian oil, buys $40 million mansion on Fifth Avenue.

Brokeback Mountain pulled from Utah screen.

Be a jock: Vitamin-enriched underwear from Australia, learn how to spit.

What central figure is common to both the Trojan War and "Web 2.0?" The first person to email us with the correct answer wins a free registration to the 2006 SXSW Interactive Festival. We've got a winner!

Hubble telescope shows that the North Star is not just one star.

Drunk five-year-old at Applebee's.

The resemblance between Wham and the real-life brand Spam was purely intentional. Fake products from real movies.

And the jury is still out on Mozart's skull.

Video: A tea commercial with everything.