26 August 2004
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: fiddling with this stupid internet connec-
"Roger, we won't shoot the mosque." Fighting continues, tension builds in Najaf as Top Shiite cleric calls for peace in the city, urges followers to join him there, but for what? And: Mortar attack kills 27 in neighboring Kufa.
Chief outside counsel to Bush campaign quits after giving legal advice to veterans behind anti-Kerry television ads.
The police officers beat some of the reporters and fired assault rifles in the lobby. Najaf police call "press conference."
Snarling begins as new faces arrive in New York. Related: Bush, Schwarzenegger looking for NYC firehouses they can bond in.
Video: Planet of the Apes reimagined as a Twilight Zone episode. Astoundingly good.
Investigation turns up little in Russian passenger jet crashes, although one plane had its hijack alarm flipped.
Adolescent bullying finds a new home: online.
Former Beanie Baby collectors cringe at the thought of plush critters.
Gore Vidal bids farewell to his retreat on the Amalfi.
Write a book: A database of opening hooks.
Because now you can: Make your own Lego head icons.
A gallery of death masks, including Alfred Hitchcock.
Flash tree that you can grow with your messages.
Director Wes Anderson seems to have a thing, bordering on obsession, for Futura. Great look at typefaces in movies, with stills.
Dave Matthews tour bus unloads 800 pounds of liquid human waste into Chicago River.
Game: Navigate the obstacles with an invisible cursor.
Fascinating pixel map of D.C.