18 April 2002

  • New York's currently: Texas.
  • Tomb of unknown victims becomes strong candidate for permanent Ground Zero memorial.
  • American jet drops laser-guided bomb on Canadian soldiers in training area, killing four.
  • Study sees 6,000 premature deaths from power plants in 2007, plus 140,000 asthma attacks and 14,000 cases of acute bronchitis.
  • As Senate plans to kill oil exploration proposal in Arctic Refuge, Bush moves to drill in the Rocky Mountains.
  • Bank robberies increase across U.S. while FBI hunts down terrorists.
  • Drought restrictions mean water at the table becomes illegal unless asked for in NYC restaurants; millions of gallons lost en route to NY taps.
  • French Presidential candidates get hit with pies, ketchup, spit.
  • Federal judge trumps Ashcroft--citing state rights--saying administration lacks authority to overturn physician-assisted suicide.
  • Behind the scenes of publishing: Why hardbacks are used over paperbacks, literary fiction has a future, and how every publisher wants a Franzen.
  • Fox plans sequel to low-budget stoner hit Dude, Where's My Car?, titled, seriously, Seriously Dude, Where's My Car?
  • Government issues warning against the roll-ready 15-passenger van.
  • 60 Minutes' melodramatic, plastic Scott Pelley on the dangers and accident-history of the 15-passenger van.
  • Review of drawings by Franz Kline, Marlene Dumas, Chelo Gonzalez Amezcua. [via artkrush]
  • Explodingdog collects illustration sites.
  • Your website has grammatical mistakes. Why fix them yourself when experts will do it for free?
  • Frank Lu Siqing reports from Hong Kong on Chinese human-rights violations, with information from 2,000 mainland sources.
  • Mmmmmmmmmm.....Simpsons toys.