15 March 2006

  • New York's currently: layering, de-layering, re-layering
  • Israeli forces invade Palestinian prison, seize six inmates wanted in the 2001 assassination of Israel's tourism minister. (Photos of the raid.)
  • Please note: If you are ever a lawyer in a terrorism trial, don't let your mother talk to reporters, lest she tell them that you probably weren't listening to the judge.
  • Iranian president's hardline approach not working so well, which isn't working at all for his colleagues.
  • In continued violence, 86 men discovered strangled or shot in Baghdad.
  • Ambien users wake up with mouthfuls of food, wrecked kitchens, extra weight.
  • ...Features a choice of loud tones, a flashing strobe, or vibrating pad... A list of the most annoying alarm clocks.
  • Mike Wallace announces his retirement from 60 Minutes this spring.
  • "Dog poop girl" exposes the trouble with shaming in South Korea.
  • The "good Nazi" who shielded more than 200,000 Chinese from Japanese troops at the onset of World War II.
  • Ms. Deaf Texas struck, killed by train, perhaps while text messaging.
  • The odds have been updated, children can be helped, books can be won, and the ToB is only five days away!
  • Neal Pollack finds pizza, Morrissey, and the backfiring of hip parenthood--all in about four seconds.
  • Why Matisyahu (a.k.a. Phish fanatic Matthew Miller of White Plains, N.Y.) is "the oldest act in the show-business book."
  • File under "Easier than we thought."
  • North Korea, the Musical.
  • Luna, the killer whale/reincarnated Indian chief, dies doing what he loved most--playing with boats.
  • Heads up to counterfeiters--no such thing as a billion-dollar bill.
  • And the middle finger? "I'm good for at least one a day," Sotardi said. Man drives slow--really slow.
  • Bookmark guide to Dylan's early '60s Greenwich Village.
  • Jonathan Safran Foer's brother wants to tell you all about how he won the U.S. Memory Championship.
  • The paper route.