21 June 2006

  • New York's currently: a wonderful place to lose kids
  • Iraqis say U.S. soldiers, found in "insurgent hotbed," were tortured and beheaded, then booby-trapped.
  • Soldiers' families upset to learn news first from media, not military.
  • Op: $135 million for Klimt's "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" is a deal if you keep A-Rod in mind.
  • Story of the stolen Sidekick leads to arrest, humiliation, military reprimands.
  • Leading Saddam Hussein defense lawyer abducted and killed in Baghdad.
  • Kerry says he's not under pressure to withdraw his exit proposal; over his shoulder, Dodd gives a wink.
  • Republicans shelve immigration in-fighting for the fall.
  • High-tech cheating devices injure competing Chinese students.
  • Clearance turf wars in D.C. hinge on dueling polygraph tests.
  • Arkansas Christians gradually adapt to Wal-Mart's imported Jews.
  • The Devil Wears Prada: New York's feel-good indictment of the summer and apparently Gay Talese's new favorite film.
  • Beauty products for hot months in Manhattan.
  • Homeless children barred from checking out books from Indiana library.
  • Terrific before and after the Greenpoint warehouse fire, by Thomas Brodin.
  • Pressure-washing tips so you can avoid destroying your back deck. See also, top 10 coolest bbq grills.
  • International customs for traveling businesspeople.
  • In TMN's Digest, Rosecrans Baldwin on this week's Mp3s.
  • Weather across Georgia will be perfect. Absolutely perfect. You know why. The 700 Club does the weather report.
  • New progressive journal, Democracy, launches online and on newsstands.
  • One hundred awesome music videos available on YouTube.
  • Artist Dan Price, as seen on TMN, heads on world tour with a camera.
  • Khoi Vinh's Blockwriter, for writers who paste too much.
  • Whales slap flatulent prey.