16 May 2006

  • New York's currently: grilling reality stars
  • New border deployment means National Guard units will swap training for border stints, where they won't provide military force.
  • Op: In immigration address, Bush searches for the middle ground that's already on the Senate floor. [Transcript here.]
  • Bush disappoints those on both sides of the immigration debate--yes, that would be the middle ground.
  • Fox tries to allay fears in Mexico of military action along the border; few buy it.
  • And now: What about Canada?
  • Four days of violence in Sao Paulo leave more than 80 dead, including 39 police officers, in attacks directed by inmates with cell phones.
  • Many believe Karl Rove has been indicted--and denials of the rumor only help to cement the belief.
  • Five-hundred-pound German bomb from World War II found in River Mersey.
  • Stanley Kunitz, former poet laureate, dies at 100.
  • U.S., Libya restore diplomatic ties; proof, many say, the Bush administration wants oil more than democracy.
  • Saddam Hussein finally reaches indictment, which may bring him one major step closer to execution.
  • What would happen to the bumper-sticker industry? Boulder may unveil "hate hotline."
  • Biotech firm makes rice that could eradicate diarrhea--and it's engineered with a human gene.
  • BBC interviews technology expert, gets taxi driver instead. [Video here.] Update: He wasn't a cabbie, and he wanted an I.T. job.
  • A musical realization of the motion graphics of John Whitney as described in his book Digital Harmony.
  • Major League Baseball wants fantasy league companies to pay for players' names and stats.
  • Scottsdale residents express concern over local branch of Vegas eatery, the Pink Taco; no reaction from Tucson about its new nude dude ranch.
  • What do teens do if nobody smokes and drinks anymore? Prescription drugs.
  • Pee-Wee Herman warns on the dangers of crack cocaine.