20 May 2005

New York's currently: basking in the meat sweats

South Korean researchers unveil efficient recipe for cloning stem cells.

U.S. aggressively investigates pictures of Saddam in his underwear.

ACLU accuses FBI of spying on political activists.

When we're in the park, let's play a wonderful game. Let's pretend that I'm a beautiful princess and you're a bench. Ugly children are difficult to raise.

Army warns Iraqi forces about not abusing detainees; Pattern of abuse found in Army's handling of detainees in Afghanistan.

The sexiest food shops in Paris.

Maps from Baedeker Guidebooks before 1939.

Video: Crazy old man's voicemail interpreted.

Twelve-year-old ordered to pay $200,000 for trashing University of Minnesota building.

A math test we are happy to say we never faced.

Old money struggles to stay alive in Palm Beach.

It is interesting that Sandra Bullock does not need to be Sandra Bullock all of the time. Being Sandra Bullock's photo double: someone has to do it.

U.S. Airways and America West to merge.

Notes from the Tolkien underground in Russia.

New Yorkers: Volunteer to help the city's 2005 Street Tree Census.

Hours to be wasted with entries for the contagious media showdown.

Why does Sherlock Holmes continue to be cast in stories, and what exactly is "the game?"

Emails exchanged between Lance, the king of black metal, and Matthias, a Norwegian black metal guy.

Video: The only knife in the world that can be invisible.