16 June 2006

  • New York's currently: combining them in all kinds of different weird ways
  • Supreme Court reverses to give police raids more latitude, says evidence gathered in "no-knock" searches is allowable.
  • Yet Democrats don't need as many House seats. In 1994, Republicans needed at least 40. The Democrats' magic number is 15.
  • The ousting of William J. Jefferson--hoping to profit from G.O.P. scandals, Democrats must distance their own.
  • Shoe bomber attacks the same Baghdad mosque where 90 were killed in April bombing.
  • Justice official says Iraq's prisons are run by Shiite militias, asks that prisoners not be transferred to their control.
  • As a joke, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, man puts treehouse up for rent, and receives more than 30 offers.
  • Photos show on-duty Compton School Police sleeping in squad cars.
  • School employees used an inch-square hole punch until each and every offending photo was gone, leaving an unmistakable hole in every yearbook.
  • A re-creation of the musical dialogue from Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides.
  • Soccer balls that represent every country in the World Cup.
  • He was "going to look for Lieutenant Onoda, a panda, and the abominable snowman, in that order."
  • U.S. Catholic bishops vote to reword mass to better match the original Latin.
  • DNA testing available for Chinese who want to prove Confucius as an ancestor.
  • Edible bioplastic made from cornstarch and the dreams of Australian hippies.
  • Starter-interrupt device reminds your car when its payment is due.
  • Sarah Hepola on the week in videos.
  • Following unexpected surgery, designer Joe Kral needs your help.
  • "Unwelcome attention" remark by Economist writer prompts Jay-Z to boycott Cristal, advocate Krug and Dom.
  • Jacob the Jeweler arrested in connection to Detroit gang's money laundering scheme.
  • Video: Three instructional videos, spliced together.