25 April 2006

  • New York's currently: avoiding the doctor for another ten years
  • McCarthy's lawyer says in the WaPo she didn't leak jail secrets; "senior intel officer" says she wasn't a "key source."
  • Third attack at a Sinai resort in two years kills 30 in Egypt.
  • "666" now points to the evils of marketing, not Satan.
  • Bolten's five point plan to rebuild Bush's poll numbers includes blustering Iran to impress Americans.
  • 101 films you need to see in order to talk wisely about movies.
  • Thirty books that deserve love, and 25 deserving public attention.
  • Were Bach's six cello suites written by his second wife?
  • Thousands of Nepalis celebrate parliament win, but the Maoists aren't budging.
  • Sadr won't let Kirkuk go to the Kurds without a fight.
  • Third of Gitmo detainees to be released, fate of the rest unknown.
  • Batteries grown from viruses can store up to three times more energy than the traditional kind.
  • Homeless London woman lives in her car, blogs.
  • How to properly make Tuscan sausages.
  • Lord of the tourist trap sculptures, including Stonehenge.
  • Critics say government plan to quarantine bird-flu-infected flight passengers violates rights.
  • Profile of a pricey Halliburton flop.
  • University of Chicago porn, "not particularly hot"--perhaps better kept to the classroom?
  • "This American Life" moves to Showtime and New York.
  • Percentage change in the amount of housework done by women after they marry for the first time: +17.
  • Video: What happens when the entire company works in one room?
  • China tries mixed messages to tamp instability.
  • Snoring, or "fashionable" tattoos, will keep you out of the Chinese army.
  • Fifteen "fashionable" Brooklyn restaurants.
  • Now that music videos are "saleable content" pitched to tiny screens, budgets can be smaller.
  • Video: It's about time middle-class white dudes had someone to rap for them.