15 June 2006

  • New York's currently: a good year for the roses
  • Your tax dollars at work: House G.O.P. forces fake debate, the result of which will be a non-amendable resolution that the U.S. won't waver in the war on terror.
  • Bush to turn 140,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean into the world's largest marine sanctuary.
  • Iraqi government will offer amnesty to insurgents, including those who've only attacked U.S. troops.
  • Key documents seized in Zarqawi raid provide the "upper hand" against al Qaeda, says Iraq's national security advisor.
  • Bus attack in Sri Lanka leaves 61 dead; Tamil Tigers deny responsibility, government responds with air strikes.
  • Following rash of violence, Hamas wants restoration of Israel cease-fire.
  • Katrina frauders milk FEMA for $1.4 billion in champagne, Girls Gone Wild dvds, and diamonds.
  • Local cabbies make good, help collar Manhattan stabber.
  • Matthew Baldwin explains the history of jokes.
  • The luckiest boy in the world is the one whose mother argues in court for his circumcision because it hurts when he wears jeans.
  • You might want to sit down. I wouldn't sit like that. You're going to develop a real nice case of lumbosacral strain, and it's going to hurt for the rest of your life.
  • Pentagon tastes revamped meals-ready-to-eat; chicken pesto pasta proves a favorite.
  • Video: Mentos and Diet Coke, the symphony.
  • Sushi supply in Portland, Ore., Chicago, and other cities controlled by cult leader Sun Myung Moon.
  • Your parents are tattooed too: New study shows rebellious personalities may be genetic.
  • Cats to compete in reality TV show in New York.
  • Andrew Womack on the week in mp3s.
  • Heroin additive that shuts down respiratory system blamed for 130 deaths in Detroit and Chicago.
  • Buying the smallpox genome through mail order isn't as difficult as you might think.
  • The newest piece of equipment in the fight against bird flu is the T-shirt mask.
  • Achievements in creative science: 1) evolution; 2) string theory; 3) the World's Fair ScienceBlog.
  • Video: Henry Rollins's love letter to Ann Coulter.