24 January 2006

  • New York's currently: asking how many candles you're burning
  • Canadian Conservatives defeat Liberals in yesterday's elections. Expat Americans in Toronto now swear they're moving to Australia.
  • You don't get 61 recorded instances of audience laughter by living in some weird, PR-obsessed White House bubble, that's for sure.
  • As politicians distance themselves from lobbyists, restaurants sit unfilled, glory walls go unadorned, but purple neckties are still OK.
  • Soldier on trial for interrogation death gets reprimand, forfeits pay and leave.
  • More and more, Republicans are lawmaking behind closed doors--with no Democrats present.
  • Castro questions U.S. stance on human rights, wants electronic signs removed from embassy exterior.
  • Russia says Britain has been using a fake rock to spy on them.
  • Republican leaders in Ocean County, N.J., grant domestic partner benefits to county employees.
  • Nominate your favorite novels for the 2006 Morning News Tournament of Books. Deadline is this Friday!
  • LEGO homemaker sets--for girls, you understand.
  • Want to find out how much your novel could be worth? Punch in the title here.
  • Because we knew there had to be some out there: List of American words not used in Britain.
  • Lou Reed to moviemakers: "They're all a bunch of whores."
  • Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk's case dropped.
  • Now that the Two Buck Chuck cometh to New York, here's what you need to know about Trader Joe's.
  • Any motion, anyone who moves in the zone, even if it's a three-year-old, should be killed.
  • Parents of kidnapped penguin make replacement baby.
  • Still not as cool as a hoverboard: Dean Kamen unveils new device that distills urine into water.
  • Want to lose weight? Learn to lose flavor.
  • American Heart Association says soy won't help your ticker; FDA says oh yes it does.
  • No mo lo?
  • Learn something every day: The way you're supposed to peel bananas.