20 October 2005

  • New York's currently: buying baseball hats, choosing sides
  • Senate asks nominee Miers to resubmit questionnaire, calling her responses "insufficient" and "insulting."
  • In grand jury testimony, Rove says it might have been Cheney's chief of staff who revealed Plame's identity to him.
  • U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan caught on tape earlier this month desecrating Taliban fighters' corpses.
  • Saddam Hussein's first day in court: A circus in his own mind, a crib sheet on his palm.
  • Hussein enters not guilty plea; trial adjourned until Nov. 28 due to no-show witnesses.
  • Iraqis glued to TV for Hussein proceedings--with wildly varying reactions.
  • The 2005 World Series: the Houston Astros, who, in 44 years as a franchise, have never been, and the Chicago White Sox, absent since 1959.
  • Doctors praise drug's "stunning" effect on breast cancer--and some say it may be the cure.
  • Texas court issues arrest warrant for Tom DeLay.
  • Officials fault Indonesian government for outbreak of bird flu, citing two years of coverup.
  • New York Marathon spreads the word to its runners: Drink too much water and the results could be fatal.
  • Watch for today's Gary Benchley give-away!
  • Its gun violence completely out of control, Brazil is set to vote on a nationwide firearms ban.
  • Judith Miller's former editor at the Times remembers the reporter who had a lead on 9/11 months before the attacks.
  • Sudan wants to preserve the site of the 1998 U.S. cruise missile attacks--visitors are welcome.
  • Publishers file lawsuit to block Google's book scanning.
  • "I don't think I want to live in Florida." Packing up, leaving in anticipation of Category 4 Wilma.
  • Movies return to Saudi Arabia after 20 years.
  • Writers prefer "zombie worm" to scientists' "Osedax mucofloris, which means 'bone-eating snot-flower'."
  • Sumo tournament in NYC brings wrestlers who totally clean out a deli and teach kids about grace.
  • Video: Knowledge of French not required.