11 December 2003

  • New York's currently: a dark and stormy night
  • CIA said to be enlisting Hussein agents for espionage within Iraq.
  • Explosion in Israel kills 3, wounds 12, in likely underworld-related incident.
  • Timing gets out of whack when Pentagon excludes France, Germany, and Russia from Iraqi reconstruction bids, then White House asks the same countries to forgive Iraq debts.
  • Supreme Court upholds campaign finance law, limits contributions.
  • French commission recommends ban on 'conspicuous' religious signs.
  • Was the red sky in Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' actually debris from a volcanic eruption?
  • Iran's Shirin Ebadi receives Nobel Peace Prize, accuses West of using Sept. 11 attacks to violate human rights.
  • Are different colors of jelly bracelets like the mythological right-ear-gay earring of today? Related: The perspective on those earrings in Tanzania.
  • Ben Greenman interviews Tony Kushner.
  • 'I personally wish I would have written that Smiths' song 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me.' Genius song.' What Are Outkast Listening To?
  • Give: Advocates for Children of New York.
  • Danceteria flyers from 1982 to 1986.
  • School administrators begin editing the Amityville High School newspaper.
  • Man goes into police station to see if he's on their wanted list, arrested when officers spot a small amount of heroin in his ear. Related: Writer turns weird news stories into calendar.
  • 'Watch him. He ain't looking at that magazine.' Real-life stories from working at Barnes & Noble.
  • Customized Classics, where you're the star of well-known novels.