12 December 2001

  • U.S. will pull out of ABM treaty.
  • U.S. files criminal charges against French man believed to 20th hijacker, four of six counts eligible for death penalty.
  • House to pass election overhaul bill, offering millions to states.
  • The Sotheby's price-fixing trial offers an interesting look at how rich people choose their prisons.
  • Giuliani will open his own consulting firm, likely backed by Ernst and Young.
  • Father sues school district for $1.5M when son was cut from basketball team, citing "messing up his future and potential earnings."
  • A guide to free term papers online finds dismal results.
  • Minorities find better auto deals online than in dealerships.
  • The background of John F. Nash, subject of Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind.
  • NASA is creating most detailed topographic map of the world ever made, and it doesn't want to share with the other kiddies.
  • New nerve cells can delete outdated memories.
  • New issue of Generation Rice.
  • 50 New Yorkers share what they did on Sept. 10; brief summary: Christy Turlington almost got married, Maira Kalman drew a shoe, Al Leiter took the day off.