12 April 2006

  • New York's currently: waiting for Mr. Jordan
  • Iran announces advance in uranium enrichment, assures the world that energy, not bombs, are the true goal; still, speculation on both sides abounds--as does political theater.
  • American military deaths in Iraq for April already outnumber those in all of March.
  • Italian PM Berlusconi refuses to concede defeat in election, wants recount or "grand alliance."
  • Today in the ToB: Rosecrans Baldwin decides between Foer and Smith. Tomorrow: the Final Matchup!
  • Autopsy of NYPD detective who died in January reveals cause of death was Ground Zero cleanup.
  • Bombing at Sunni prayer service in Pakistan kills 56, prompts rioting.
  • Large study shows estrogen does not increase the risk of breast cancer--and reveals progestin may be the culprit.
  • Former state asylums across the country are being converted into upscale condos.
  • Tiger Woods sorry he's a spaz.
  • Recipes: Cadbury Egg Cake, Vendetta's Egg in a Basket.
  • Rapper Proof of D12 (and Eminem's best man) shot to death at a club on Detroit's Eight Mile Road.
  • Speaking of children: We hid some matzoh. Whoever finds it gets five bucks.
  • Headlines: "'Breast Expert' Accused of Smuggling"; "Jewish 'Sex Commando' Targets Israeli Porn Websites."
  • Bausch & Lomb halts shipment of MoistureLoc contact-lens solution over fears of blinding eye fungus.
  • Woman, 82, ticketed for taking too long to cross the street.
  • Y'Allah, come on! Newly formed Muslim sorority looking for campus chapters.
  • Gallery: Ron Mueck's sculptures.
  • Nine-year-old bullfighter should be killing them by the time he's 11, provided he makes it to 11.
  • Cockney accent in peril.