18 May 2006

New York's currently: not walking through that bunch of pigeons

A peace treaty could clear the path toward new nuclear talks between North Korea and the U.S.

Hamas deploys Palestinian security force--a move Abbas vetoed last month.

Conflicts between Taliban fighters and police in Afghanistan take a sharp rise.

U.S. soldiers in Iraq will begin using laser devices at checkpoints to temporarily blind suspicious drivers.

"Virtual fence" of surveillance technology to be assembled at U.S-Mexico border; real, 370-mile-long fence will also be built.

After 13 years and $24 billion, China's dam on the Yangtze River is now the largest hydroelectric flood-control structure in the world.

The final chromosome in the human genome has been sequenced--here's what that means.

Tired of being kicked around and unappreciated, fast-food empires start slinging at Fast Food Nation.

It's like Netflix for wine: Introducing Cork'd, the social network for wine lovers.

Video: How J. Robert Lennon writes his novels.

By addressing eye fungus one region at a time, Bausch & Lomb fueled its own scandal.

"Today's really a good day to be a millionaire, but it's a bad day if you want to be a millionaire." Bush approves embattled tax cuts.

Inflation is up, the Dow is (way) down, and the economy's growth party got crashed by "an uninvited drunken uncle."

We have a winner in our "Sloppy Seconds With Opal Mehta" contest! Bonnie Furlong and "The Parlourmaid's Tale, or, MS in a Dustbin."

Of course, all of gentrified Brooklyn is somewhat similar. It's mostly white. It's mostly partial to some form of indie rock. The war between Park Slope and Williamsburg.

Coming soon: Neptune-class planets you can live on, possibly.

Learning to draw: today's lesson--salt shakers and pepper grinders.

The capital-markets division of Barclays Plc could be the Red Hot Chili Peppers; chaotic in the 1990s, gained some focus in the early years of this decade. Matching banks to bands.

Tracking the trend called Morrissey.

Video: 37 short Fluxus Films (1962-1970).