25 June 2002

New York's currently: surprised Julianne Moore takes the L train in the morning with her baby

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Supreme Court decides only juries--not judges--can decide to execute a defendant. Related: Commentary on ruling, considering shift in national attitude on death penalty.

Bush calls for Arafat to be replaced, Israel to give up settled territories, Palestinian state to be created in three years, promises American involvement in building democratic state. Related: Arafat and Sharon welcome speech, reluctantly, for different reasons.

Publishing-secret: Magazines with cover shots of black people sell fewer issues.

57 percent of this year's college graduates are women.

Chris DeBolt reports from St. Petersburg, where the Summer Literary Seminars are held.

Future-studies: Minority Report's product-placements cut $25M off the $102M budget.

Lawsuit against Wal-Mart says employees are required to work long hours for free.

Man traps and kills neighborhood's cats, then paints signs to mock girls who miss their pets.

Astounding record-cover image gallery at 317X.

More often the Steve Martin: New fiction from Haruki Murakami in the New Yorker.

Exactly what you suspect: Supermodels are lonelier than you think. [via lh]

Story about soccer in Staten Island looks at deep conflicts in indigenous Liberians--former child soldiers, refugees--living in New York.

Bodies in Formation: Communist gymnastics.

Lessons in collage: Thomas Schostok's 'Utopia 1--Gluebook.'