2 November 2005
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: breezy, cool, and working its tail off
CIA operates overseas secret prison system to house and interrogate captives.
Dems force Senate into secret session, demanding promised inquiry into prewar intelligence (like Cheney and Scooter's lost papers).
Yankees warn A-Rod to stop visiting illicit poker dens.
Sudoku fans, be warned: there's a new grid on the block.
Pro-China selections from the unauthorized Chinese translation of Bill Clinton's memoir.
Legendary L.A. art garage to be torn down (more photos here, plus Curbed LA-style).
Man who survived a Golden Gate jump advocates suicide barrier. See also Tad Friend's old, great story.
They say I can turn into a bat. I can, but not very well. Jack Handey's personal legends.
Paris suburbs roiled by six nights of violence.
Newspapers are a daily miracle--in the case of New Orleans and the Picayune, the miracle is rebuilding.
Camilla visits Manhattan and catches flak from Diana lovers.
New York chefs--joyful Ripert and Ducasse, furious Boulud and Batali--react to Michelin stars.
Peter Hertzmann's elaborate method for planning a meal, whether for 200 or six.
Daniel Mendelsohn on the disappointments and subtle art of Capote.
Everyone Who's Anyone--the Gerard Jones effort to list every publishing and film contact--draws Universal's ire.
This week in Nature: Darwin and Einstein's correspondence resembled email; AIDS drugs applied as gel may prevent HIV.
BBC cries because Ricky Gervais will now be doing films.
I want to do [blank] with the internet--a list of web resources.
All's cool until the baby starts to come out.
Video: Every Halloween in Lexington, Ky, they recreate "Thriller."