19 November 2003

  • New York's currently: free, not a number
  • President Bush arrives in London.
  • Massachusetts Supreme Court overturns ban on gay marriage. Related: Bush criticizes ruling. Related: Gay marriage now a shoe-in issue for 2004 campaigns.
  • Northwestern University hate crime faked, police say.
  • Shift to decentralized strategy for Al Qaeda has led to its ability to survive.
  • New tactics: U.S. begins bombing buildings and houses used by suspected guerrilla fighters.
  • John Allen Muhammad convicted in Washington sniper trial. Related: 'If Muhammad's guilty is Malvo innocent?'
  • FBI arrests 48 Wall Street professionals in fraud sting.
  • Search for Presidential hopeful Howard Dean's brother, missing since 1974, may be over with the discovery of remains in Laos.
  • Easter Island statues in need of erosion control.
  • Under a new law, DNA profiles of 'juvenile offenders and adults arrested but not convicted of crimes' could be stored by the FBI.
  • AT&T patents patent for anti-anti-spamification, confuses all, enters sixth circle.
  • I've been writing some strange combination of fiction and nonfiction on and off since I was in high school. Forty years or so. I never cared about money --all I ever cared about was getting chicks to like me. Gerard Jones on how he started Everyone Who's Anyone in Adult Trade Publishing.
  • This year's ten most dangerous toys. Reading this will be a lot more useful than you think, because you will look really bad if you bring any of these home at the holidays for your little cousins.
  • Science studies the sound herrings make, here described as farting.
  • Before the turkey: learn your place settings.