10 November 2004

  • New York's currently: unseasonably arctic
  • Ashcroft and Evans resign from Bush cabinet. Their replacements are still in the works.
  • Marines say they now control an estimated 70 percent of Fallujah, but did the insurgency leaders leave before the attack began?
  • Sunni party withdraws from interim Iraqi government in boycott of the Fallujah assault.
  • At least two members of Iraq PM Allawi's family kidnapped, beheading threatened.
  • Nader questions veracity of N.H. polling machines, demands recount. Spokesman: "Either it will allay people's fears or it will open the door to looking at other states."
  • Sudanese government approves Darfur no-fly zone, agrees to aid for the two million who have lost their homes in the violence. And: Sudan security attacks refugee camp twice in one week.
  • Bloomberg criticizes MTA for "bloated payrolls" and "out-of-control" spending, advises fare hike only as a last resort.
  • Amid increased threats and demonstrations, French nationals begin evacuating Ivory Coast.
  • Red-light special: It's singles' night at a Wal-Mart in Germany.
  • Man who served in Persian Gulf war sues Army over reactivation.
  • The Kevin F. Sherry Sweater Project: Kevin found all of his sweaters from the late '80s. Here they are.
  • Mad Max Perkins, publishing executive, flexes his angst on the world of books.
  • TMN's own Danny Gregory named one of the top 10 humor books of 2004 at Amazon!
  • New Yorkers: Buy a photo of your building from 1940.
  • She is a daughter of a Mexican migrant farm worker. She is a former prison guard and federal agent, a Democrat and a lesbian. Lupe Valdez is the sheriff-elect of Dallas County in Texas.
  • A magnificent collection of Saturday Night Live transcripts.
  • How travel guidebooks are lying to you.