19 April 2006

  • New York's currently: peachy
  • Only one major building project in Iraq is on schedule and within budget: the new American embassy.
  • U.K. surgeons say China harvests prisoners' organs for transplant sales.
  • Bush worried that China's "locking up" global oil supplies.
  • When one of Africa's largest oil exporters plays nice, the White House is happy to overlook a little corruption.
  • Bush replaces daughters with Chelsea Clinton.
  • Afghan insurgents shifting tactics to emulate Iraqi militants.
  • Video: Airport.
  • Obese doctors urge nation to eat three meals a day.
  • New Philips innovation could prevent you from changing the channel during commercials.
  • 2006 Pulitzers announced, with no drama decision. See how the Pulitzer drama changed Rick Russo's life.
  • Mafia boss's encryption scheme is surprisingly easy to crack.
  • The Queen insists she'll long live.
  • Op: Forget straight marriage vs. gay marriage--the U.S. should adopt the buddy system.
  • Chicago self-help bookstore may need assistance to stay in business.
  • Seventy people stranded when two Roosevelt Island tram cars stalled.
  • Op: Immigrants bring greatness, and Medicare payments, to America.
  • Japan's Martha Stewart visits the U.S.; bento box design discussed.
  • Audio interviews with artisanal American cheesemakers.
  • The "middle mind" of Terry Gross, boomer critics, accidental buddhists, and Louise Erdich.
  • "Doom and gloom" headlines from the Evening Standard.
  • Family rebuffs FBI request for late columnist Jack Anderson's classified files.
  • Video: Trampoline controls flame.