21 September 2005

  • New York's currently: sunny and cool, perfect really
  • Likely to reach Category 4 intensity, Hurricane Rita barrels past the Florida Keys and heads for Texas.
  • Thousands begin to evacuate from targeted regions.
  • Katrina surges were much smaller than suggested, experts say; it's the levees that failed.
  • Terrible surgeon's brief tenure in West Virginia hospital shows how bad doctors can cloak their pasts to keep working.
  • How to teach science fiction.
  • Bush braces as Cindy Sheehan's other son drowns in New Orleans.
  • Photographs from the LAPD archives.
  • Despite its popularity in the U.S., and the accompanying dangers, anal sex gets no love from the media.
  • Enormous pink bunny to rest on Italian hillside for 20 years.
  • Nine Americans killed in the last two days by insurgent attacks in Iraq.
  • Musharraf's technique for becoming a millionaire--get raped--and other news you missed this past week.
  • With more than 1,200 killed in six months, Karzai demands change in battle tactics.
  • I'm not a suit--I'm creative! Fashion guide for baby sharks in Hollywood this fall.
  • Kate Moss dismissed by H&M over coke habit (Scotland Yard is on the case).
  • The Internet Movie Cars Database.
  • "Junior" John Gotti avoids racketeering conviction; Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa fears wack-job.
  • Theater to anticipate in New York this fall.
  • Tom Wolfe books sell better without the title on the cover, only his name. Why? Because he's a brand!
  • Ten restaurant trends you may hate too.
  • Video: Joe Pa would be proud--video of those Nittany Lions playing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the Marc Jacobs runway.