24 February 2005

  • New York's currently: stuffed with millions of neighbors we've never met
  • Bush and Putin to announce measures countering nuclear terrorism, including security upgrades at Russia's nuke facilities.
  • Ten killed, 25 injured by car bomb hitting police station in Tikrit, Saddam's home town.
  • Supreme Court rules against California anti-gang policy that segregates prison inmates by race.
  • Advice for betting on the Oscars.
  • Marines in Iraq launch operation "River Blitz," targeting insurgents who have melted into cities along the Euphrates.
  • All terrorists do not look like Osama bin Laden. Let me repeat, every nut and fanatic has heard of Stuyvesant. Stuyvesant High School repels millions of terrorists with ID cards.
  • How to turn your laptop into a home security system.
  • Cuban novelist Guillermo Cabrera Infante dies at 75, an outstanding writer in exile.
  • We're giving away copies of TMN contributing writer Kevin Guilfoile's new novel, Cast of Shadows, out next week on Knopf. Click here and you could win one now!
  • Bono nominated for Nobel Peace Prize, considered ranking contender along with Colin Powell, Ravi Shankar.
  • Today in the TOB: Round 3 Begins! Meat-pounding Roth vs. Ozick the Clobberer! Andrew Womack lays down the law!
  • Archive of Press Gaggle's hilarious spotlighting of White House press conferences.
  • Opposed by the CIA and State Department, the Pentagon wants special ops to be able to enter countries without alerting the resident ambassador.
  • Massachusetts employs screens to hide car crashes from rubberneckers.
  • 3M Security Glass stuffs ad with cash.
  • Ultimate fan loses 190 pounds for the Mets.
  • He was taking part in the same mourning ritual, not celebrating the election outcome. Wonderful Times correction, via Umansky.