2 May 2006

  • New York's currently: developing an allergy for every situation
  • Hundreds of thousands of immigrants skip work, school in peaceful protests across the U.S.
  • Yesterday's demonstrations employed multiple tactics--though some proved more successful than others.
  • Iraqi army graduation turns ugly when Sunni grads are told they will have to serve outside their province, prompting fears of run-ins with Shiite death squads.
  • David Blaine begins goldfish act in Lincoln Center.
  • Passages from a third novel, Sophie Kinsella's Can You Keep a Secret?, show up in Kaavya Viswanathan's book; we think you can do better.
  • Qatar announces $60 million in grants for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
  • Puerto Rico's schools and federal offices shut down until government finds some more money.
  • Egypt's "important civilizing step" is a single Cairo-wide call to prayer.
  • Inflation soars out of control in Zimbabwe; price of toilet paper hits $417 a sheet.
  • Anna Nicole Smith wins her Supreme Court case.
  • The court rules unanimously that Anna Nicole looks better than she has looked in years. What if the Court ruled for cable?
  • "The thing that always gets me is watching people send emails." Twenty years of sloppy Hollywood versions of the internet.
  • No intersection: the 10 sexiest cars for 2006, the 10 most fuel-efficient cars for 2006.
  • The Vatican rethinks its position on condoms.
  • Archbishop of York gets in touch with the younger generation by wearing a hoodie.
  • "I always call him Lewis Carroll Carroll, because he was the first Humbert Humbert." The Photography of Lewis Carroll.
  • The top 10 creepiest Depeche Mode songs.
  • Looking for a Starbucks? You won't find one here: The Starbucks delocator.
  • Are we worthy of our kitchens?