11 February 2005

  • New York's currently: about to cue the Christo backlash
  • North Korea wants bilateral talks with the U.S., gambling that the world will accept its nukes.
  • Death penalty unlikely to be revived in New York.
  • BBC's Channel 4 to debut "Guantanamo-style" torture reality show, proving one humor writer saw it coming.
  • It is loathsome to eat the meat of a horse, a mule, or a donkey if someone has had coitus with the animal. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's book of etiquette.
  • Blood-letting, sweaty palms as Mitchell fights Spark with Seamon deciding in the TOB!
  • 2004 was the fourth-warmest year on record, with 2002 and 2003 the second and third warmest, all due to increasing greenhouse gases, says NASA.
  • Video: The history and making of Shoebox greeting cards.
  • The story of Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin is the most passionate royal affair ever revealed in detail.
  • Polydactyl cats and live webcams in the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum.
  • History of baby names in America, charted, and how to build a home library.
  • Six cops killed in Baghdad, plus 13 dead from car bombing, 11 from bakery attack. Abbas to confront Hamas after Thursday's shelling of Israeli settlements.
  • Get in early on the Trail of Tears diabolical contest.
  • Profile of Oscar de la Renta's dynasty, his son who made a t-shirt, and the many foibles in his family-controlled business. See also, defending Anna Wintour.
  • Ten best songs to listen to while romancing if you have problems with premature malfunctions.
  • After David Denby tears apart Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson rides to the rescue.