26 May 2006

  • TMN will be off Mon., 29 May, in observance of Memorial Day--see you on Tuesday.
  • New York's currently: crafting a swimsuit out of anything
  • Military investigation finds Marines murdered Iraqis, including women and children, attempted coverup.
  • Hamas withdraws Gaza security force after 10 days of clashes with regular police and military units.
  • Bush said he regretted challenging insurgents to "bring it on," and said the same about his statement that he wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive."
  • New Yorkers flood 311 with concerns about yesterday's fighter flyovers.
  • Enron verdict finds Lay and Skilling guilty--and gives late-'90s self-centeredness a severe dressing-down.
  • Enron ex-employees have mixed reactions, some feel their work has been "invalidated."
  • Nobody knows what caused the electrical short that shut down trains on the Eastern seaboard; passengers take their anger out on the bathrooms.
  • Treasury Dept. to dismantle 108-year-old tax on long-distance phone calls, refund the $13 billion it's collected in the past three years.
  • Woody Allen ticked his later, unfunny movies are being edited for television.
  • In today's Digest: Sarah Hepola on the week's best videos.
  • "Harry Potter-style" invisibility cloak only five years away.
  • Pope coming to town means no alcohol, contraceptive, or tampon ads...and certainly no ice cream.
  • Arizona finally outlaws bestiality.
  • "But the wind farm looks like modernist sculpture!" Exactly. Aesthetic arguments for and against wind farms.
  • Walkout-inducing selections at Cannes, including Sofia Coppola's boo-inducing Marie Antoinette.
  • Cate Blanchett to play Bob Dylan in upcoming biopic.
  • "If you wore a shirt that says abortion is homicide or abortion kills kids, then that provokes discussion...and that's what we really want." Christian rock activists put their faith in T-shirts.
  • Most of the women who took part in a 1986 study about the diminishing marriage chances of women over 30 now married.
  • Have a wonderful weekend: Studies show daily drinking lowers heart disease risk in men, smoking marijuana not a cause of lung cancer.
  • For those who refuse to wait: a map to Shake Shack alternatives.
  • How to make beer-battered, deep-fried, pepperoni pizza--not that you should.