26 May 2004

  • New York's currently: double-quoting
  • Classified survey of deaths and mistreatment of prisoners in U.S. Army's custody paints "broad picture of misconduct."
  • Body found near jogging path in northern Manhattan believed to be missing 21-year-old Julliard student.
  • More than 500 dead in floods and mudslides in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
  • Astonishing, must-read story of marine who covered a grenade with his helmet to protect his squadmates.
  • U.S. denies accusations of holding dozens of Iraqis hostage as bargaining chips for others to surrender.
  • Author Helen DeWitt reported missing from home on Staten Island.
  • Interview with U.S. soldier, now medically retired with a brain injury, beaten after posing as an enemy for training exercise in Guantanamo Bay.
  • Great poll dirt on battleground states for the upcoming presidential election.
  • George Saunders: How to leave Iraq in three simple steps.
  • Times apologizes for relying on Chalabi (see breakdown of Chalabi's claims).
  • TMN's Sarah Hepola on why Idol night is always oldies night.
  • I was reminded more of a beach-going mom who's decided to smoke and swim at the same time. Dale Peck pines for better money shot in The Day After Tomorrow, better survival strategies in Manhattan.
  • Spheres of influence for the Bush campaign Pioneers.
  • Could this be the start of something really big and really slow? Reasons to sail on the new QE2.
  • Every outfit Ryan Seacrest has ever worn.
  • The scale of this assault on the environment is so large as to be numbing. Details behind the Bush administration's paralysis of environmental progress.
  • New York real estate, blogged on Curbed. Related: Blog about NYC's bid for the Olympics.
  • Q&A with the Food Network's Alton Brown.
  • Video: Porno puppet. (Relatively safe for work)