10 November 2005

  • New York's currently: wondering when these puddles are going to freeze
  • Fifty-seven killed, over 100 wounded in Jordan hotel bombing--al Qaeda claims responsibility.
  • "We thought it was fireworks for the wedding but I saw people falling to the ground."
  • The history and tranquility of Jordan, and "the neighbors from hell."
  • Violence slows in France and: Where was Chirac?
  • Polls show Americans no longer agree with Republicans on taxes, government spending, foreign policy.
  • Bush's long headache continues, as House GOP leaders strike plans for drilling in Alaskan Wildlife Refuge.
  • Prosecutor wants boy accused of shooting his principal to be tried as an adult.
  • New deal for Iran nuclear talks: Fine, but you have to do it in Russia. Expected reaction: Bemused complacency, sanctions.
  • Suicide attack on Baghdad restaurant kills more than 30; an hour later a car bomb in Tikrit kills six army recruits.
  • New pregnancy screening can detect Down syndrome in the first trimester.
  • Bird flu reaches the Persian Gulf--the first cases are in Kuwait.
  • Very disturbing: Is it legal for the CIA to kill a prisoner?
  • Judith Miller, Times part ways and here's everybody's final statements.
  • Photos: Flowers frozen in silicon.
  • Your very own replica "pathetic" tree from A Charlie Brown Christmas.
  • The sometimes lethal rivalries that characterize the New York hip-hop scene seemed hardly to exist; everyone is on everyone else's record. Hip-hop in Houston is erupting.
  • Video: From 1978, a camera strapped to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB.
  • Prisoner sues God for not saving him from the Devil.
  • In India, the three-year-old marathon runner and the five-year-old policeman.
  • How to cook with Google.