19 June 2006

  • New York's currently: conditioning its lair
  • U.S. urges South American countries to keep Chavez out of the Security Council.
  • Huge bogs of Iraq's "black oil" pumped into mountain valleys and reservoirs, then torched.
  • North Korea reported closer to missile test; Prosecutor demands death penalty for Hussein.
  • Toyota advertises its Scion to eight-year-olds.
  • Why do crocodiles cry when they encounter food? Questions from the entrance exam for Chinese civil servants.
  • New Suskind book says al-Qaeda was 45 days from attacking New York's subways with lethal gas.
  • How to make a homemade air conditioner.
  • Stanford professor sues James Joyce's estate.
  • Half of working illegal immigrants collect paychecks from mainstream companies, though work-site enforcement operations are rare.
  • The nation's entertainment state, visually mapped.
  • What David Sedaris said and learned at Princeton.
  • Reality has become "too awesome" for astronomical artists overwhelmed by NASA's progress.
  • Homosexuality not as an aberration, but as an evolutionary necessity.
  • Details behind Wikipedia's "anyone can edit this story" policy when "anyone" means something else.
  • You can still call the New York Public Library with most any question, nine-to-six on weekdays.
  • Highlights from 10 years at Slate.
  • Questions answered now that, as of yesterday, Paul McCartney is 64.
  • One hundred reasons to love comics.
  • Mothers consistently rank their own babies' feces as less revolting than others'.
  • Martha Stewart's new magazine Blueprint picked apart for luscious fonts.
  • Want to overthrow your government with international aid? Get a good marketing plan.
  • TMN's John Warner and Kevin Guilfoile on literary fame and famine.
  • Saudi female bloggers unveil opinions, draw attention of censors.
  • Probably not inspired by The Simpsons, Australian army called upon to fight toads.
  • The Impulsive Buy--putting the "ew" into product review.
  • Landscape architects as landscapes.
  • Video: Three-year-old chooses NewsHour with Jim Lehnrer theme for birthday party.