25 February 2005

New York's currently: trying to figure out Keira Knightley's mouth

Syria vows to leave Lebanon, but doesn't say when its troops will be gone.

Nine Afghan soldiers killed by Taliban rebels; 25 killed, dozens injured by insurgents in Iraq.

U.S.-established governing councils in Iraq disappearing as insurgents kill hundreds of councilors.

Few people who claim to be older than 110--supercentenarians--can prove it.

Connecticut poised to establish civil unions for gay and lesbian couples.

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Remaining resident of a one-woman Nebraska town runs the local library with more than 5,000 books.

Hunter Thompson's ashes possibly to be blasted from a cannon.

How-to for reporters to use RSS to better cover their beat.

OMG! Second-to-last round of TOB, with Wolfe vs. Mitchell, judged by Rosecrans Baldwin! OMG!

Manchester, according to The Doves.

DeLillo made one more vital alteration: He changed "jujyfruits" to "fruit chews." First page of White Noise annotated, with comments by DeLillo.

Essential free software downloads for Windows machines.

How to photograph snow, or ice perhaps.

Author dedicates entire article to Donald Sutherland's buttocks without once mentioning Fellini's Casanova.

This is not a guide for wusses whose aim is merely to wipe out humanity. Extremely detailed plans for how to destroy earth.