13 July 2006

  • New York's currently: practicing its ayuhs
  • Following Hezbollah attack, Israel hits Beirut airport while imposing sea and air blockade.
  • As Lebanon's largest political party, Hezbollah warned ruling elite not to criticize capturing Israeli soldiers.
  • Why now? Hezbollah and Hamas are close friends, and both are funded by Iran.
  • Major powers return Iran nukes issue to U.N. Security Council after zero progress towards negotiation.
  • Senior U.S. commander in Iraq says more troops may be necessary in Baghdad.
  • Novak conceals one source for Plame name, reveals Rove as another.
  • Nine letters, rhymes with crackclown: Top human constructors battle computers to build best crossword puzzle.
  • Sometimes charging more for fancy blueberries puts profits in farmworkers' pockets.
  • After introducing an array of new flavors, KitKat's sales in the U.K. dropped 18 percent.
  • Astronauts spackle in space with a spatula; spatula floats away from spacewalker.
  • Army cancels multibillion-dollar deal with Halliburton.
  • Field recordings from audio journals, answering machines, aural ephemera (hear samples).
  • No panicking when the Department of Homeland Security texts you.
  • Overeducated, underpaid New York professionals find like-minded youngsters in "dorm for adults."
  • 2006 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest winners announced.
  • Attention twenty-somethings: Park Avenue Cafe lets you pay your age, no matter what you order.
  • Authors' names remain on history textbooks' spines longer after the text has been changed.
  • Governor pardons only Virginia witch who didn't drown.
  • For headline's sake: Irvine's Munchkin orgies rile disability campaigners.
  • Warnings that weren't worked into the fine print during commercials.
  • Again, really? Del Hampton wins National Cluck-Off competition for ninth year in a row.