23 March 2006

  • New York's currently: noticeably beard
  • Raid on house in Iraq frees Norman Kember and two other Christian peace workers.
  • Still reeling from last year's financial losses, G.M. to offer buyouts to 113,000 union workers.
  • Sonia Gandhi resigns from Indian parliament over moonlighting allegations.
  • We're no. 1: New Yorkers breathe the dirtiest air in the U.S., have a higher risk of cancer than anyone else.
  • Regular at Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop in Manhattan saves his favorite lunch counter.
  • William McKinley: pancreatic necrosis, fatal gunshot wound, blood poisoning. A list of presidential ailments.
  • Supreme Court rules that police cannot enter a couple's home without a warrant unless both partners present agree they can come in.
  • Coyote turns lovable scamp after a day of fun and frolicking throughout Central Park.
  • Is Unknown White Male a fraud?
  • Today in the ToB: Never Let Me Go vs. The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole, judged by Georgie Lewis
  • The attention deficit disorder drugs that you're giving your kids may be making them hallucinate bugs and snakes.
  • Here's to overpaying American doctors so they never go on strike.
  • The hip and fashionable give some serious thought to their beards, most likely whilst stroking them.
  • China to tax the 45 billion pair of disposable chopsticks used each year.
  • University of Memphis law professors want to ban laptops in the classroom.
  • Is the Times op-ed page overcompensating by publishing pro-life males?
  • Democrats fight back at Republicans, prep for elections by writing books, which will go straight to paperback.
  • Babies can learn two words in five minutes. What can you do?
  • He never becomes incoherent, though occasionally he seems confused. During interview, Pete Doherty does heroin, crack, and ecstasy.
  • Video: Apocalypse Pooh.