25 May 2005

New York's currently: Atlantis

Despite Bush threat of veto, House crosses party lines and votes to repeal stem-cell restrictions; Senate is expected to do the same.

U.S. forces launch second major anti-insurgency operation in western Iraq in a month.

Egyptian political dissidents buy movie tickets to avoid loitering charges.

How to leave your job.

Op: Just because you love Mr. Smith doesn't mean you should love the filibuster. And: Lawyer to conclude the longest speech--119 days--in British legal history.

Van Cliburn piano competition streamed over the web this year.

Grilling ideas and recipes from around the world, good for if it ever stops raining.

The BBC Cambodian midget story is revealed as a hoax and here's why it happened.

If it seems that any noun in the dictionary can be tricked out as a book these days, it's because the minutiae of daily life have acquired some intellectual capital.

Here are your unusual cards.

Researchers say women who exercise, and who thus have lower levels of estrogen, have a better chance of breast-cancer survival.

Star Wars fans hurt in mock duel with lightsabers, or in this case glass tubes filled with gasoline.

Op: After a closer look, the myth of Canada turns out to be just that. And: 1967 video of William Gibson on hippie Yorkville.

Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice of Tony the Tiger, dies.

Comic-fiction shortlist announced for Wodehouse prize. Related: Study shows the British have no sense of humor.