19 April 2004

  • New York's currently: winning a baby show
  • In Iraq, 10 U.S. troops killed, Spanish P.M. Zapatero orders home his forces. In Spain: Questioning, supporting Zapatero's decision.
  • The parts you really want to read from Bob Woodward's new book on the murky decisions for war with Iraq. And: George Tenet's hair, ablaze.
  • Shooting in Kosovo jail by Jordanian policemen leaves two Americans dead, 10 wounded.
  • With eye on Spain, Rice warns of pre-election U.S. terror attack.
  • Espionage charges and pornography convictions against Muslim chaplain dropped.
  • Breezy summary of the week in Israel.
  • 'The martyr Amar Hamoud was nicknamed 'The Sword of All Martyrs?' --true or false?' Propaganda or entertainment? Hezbollah game show The Mission quizzes contestants on Palestinian, Islamic history.
  • Nation-building vs. tent-building: Republicans, Fashion Week each put stake on Bryant Park for the same day.
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton on health care, the issue that has only become more complex.
  • Jewel thief still feels the urge to swipe, chooses instead for cheesy photo op, book with Random House.
  • Turning vandalism into art at the San Francisco Public Library.
  • Video: Jason Alexander keeps the hot side hot and the cool side cool with his McD.L.T.
  • Choire Sicha eats Plum Sykes alive.
  • 'Let's face it --this is not a New York restaurant.' New York chefs discuss the second season of The Restaurant.
  • A gallery of 2,246 bottles of beer from all over the world.
  • Carson Ellis, others showing in Nuggets show at the East Village's Big Cat Gallery.