11 August 2006

New York's currently: somewhere between country wisdom and urban myth

Disrupted terror plot bears striking resemblance to earlier scheme--what this tell us about Al Qaeda today.

Op: The TSA is far too reactive, far too late.

"Remember Richard Reid? Imagine what would have happened if he had hid that bomb in his pants."

What travelers need to know about carry-ons today.

You may be asked to taste an infant's milk or juice for verification. New carry-on rules are a litle icky in the details--or are they?

Israel would like to know why the U.S. hasn't sent those short-range antipersonnel cluster rockets like it promised.

Free sample of John Warner's new book, Encyclopedia Brown and the Mysterious Presidency of George W. Bush, available for download

Democracy means a new Hungarian bridge may be named after Chuck Norris--or perhaps Stephen Colbert.

"Here we're with you every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every night of that great battle for life that you are fighting from your heart, from your soul." The Chavez-Castro letters.

Lack of pre-marital kissing means the wedding goes on, no matter what--is this becoming a bigger problem?

Sarah Hepola on the week in videos.

When New York magazine's "Look Book" takes on tourists.

"She didn't try to camp it up and oversell the humor." The true story behind Melanie Martinez and her technical virginity.

German town trying to buy hotel so neo-Nazis can't.

Animal, vegetable, or what? Photos of mutants.

You are your inbox. Armchair psychology via personal computer use is big right now.

Homeless soccer: What it sounds like, and they even have a World Cup.

DIY PR made easy.

Cancer is contagious, but only the kind that resides in dogs' genital tracts.

Photos: Tiny animals make you look fat.