18 October 2005

  • New York's currently: post-season sleep disorder
  • In Ramadi fighting, U.S. airstrike kills 20 Iraqi civilians.
  • Iraq election results delayed as officials investigate areas where votes in favor of the new constitution were above 90 percent.
  • Investigation of Plame leak hovers around Cheney's office.
  • With the trial of Saddam Hussein set to begin tomorrow, questions are raised over the competence of his tribunal.
  • Lessons to be learned from the Milosevic war crimes trial--still in session.
  • Symptoms show bird flu may have crossed into Greece, and the EU says it's prepared for the threat.
  • U.S. Supreme Court OKs abortion for Missouri inmate.
  • Watch for today's Gary Benchley give-away!
  • Horse poop from Amish buggies enrages Wisconsin town residents.
  • Japanese wives are fed up with their retired husbands.
  • In Darfur, militias trained and armed by Sudanese government now attack police stations.
  • FEMA emails before and during Katrina relief depict epic disorganization.
  • Epilepsy mistaken as insanity lands man in mental asylum for 54 years.
  • I favor legalization, and not just of pot but of all drugs, including heroin, cocaine, meth, psychotropics, mushrooms, and LSD. Former Seattle police chief has a solution.
  • Though one flu vaccine maker announces fewer doses this season, FDA expects overall quotas to be met.
  • Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn wanted it, so did Aaron Spelling, and Anthony Hopkins did too--Encyclopedia Brown makes it to the screen, though not uncoerced.
  • Web 2.0: This time it's different, with only D.I.Y. Aeron chairs.
  • How dumb company slogans make ridicule a part of office life.
  • Franz Liszt: virtuoso, rock star, politician.
  • Video: Welcome the Kangacast.