2 August 2005

  • New York's currently: riding in low-tech subway cars advertised to be otherwise
  • Leakers say Iran is 10 years away from the bomb.
  • British bomber who escaped to Rome was found because his cellphone was on.
  • UK's Home Office minister says she never endorsed police's plans for racial profiling.
  • Is it true pearls bring sadness? Urban legends that can't be solved.
  • Hollywood is fast learning how to boost profits off DVDs, though how to survive its death spiral is anybody's guess.
  • Bush still supports intelligent design, also endorses Rafael Palmeiro.
  • Nearly a year after 350 people died at Beslan Elementary School, survivors are still wondering: who did the killing, the terrorists or the government?
  • The digested read of Freakonomics.
  • Chalabi: Iran will play an important role in making Iraq stable.
  • Interview with Amy Prévost, proprietor of Paris's cookbook store Librarie Gourmande.
  • Myrtis bene felas. Ancient graffiti on the walls of Pompeii.
  • How Al Qaeda has changed in five years.
  • Peter Falk's art is for sale, and yes, there's a picture of "Columbo, About to Pounce."
  • New York apartments, rated and mapped.
  • Use hopstop.com to find subway directions for trips around the city.
  • Op: Frist needs to fix his moral bearings before the cloning industry bears funky fruit.
  • Oil prices hit record high after news of King Fahd's death; Troops patrol Khartoum to prevent further riots after death of Sudan rebel leader Garang.
  • Jimi Hendrix said he was gay to avoid serving in Vietnam.
  • Coldplay is something you have to learn about on your own.
  • New food trend! $25 "fruiticeuticals!"
  • When you're on the beach, do you really want bacon ice cream?