26 October 2005

  • New York's currently: sunny and cold
  • 2,000th U.S. soldier dies in Iraq. Short bios of all killed.
  • Sixty Iraqis killed daily this year in Iraq, up from 40 last year.
  • Bush camp prepares for at least one indictment when the grand jury meets today.
  • Spate of dog poisonings marks return of Hong Kong's longest-running serial killer: The Bowen Road dog slayer.
  • Moscow says it will block any U.N. sanctions against Syria for allegedly killing Hariri.
  • Despite million-dollar contest for evidence of supernatural powers, all applicants have failed, e.g., those assisted by "gosts."
  • Los Angeles accused of "outlawing magic" after demanding permits for elaborate treehouse.
  • Insider take on how to con people with Tarot cards.
  • Op: Cheney will be remembered as the vice president who campaigned for torture.
  • NASA chief under fire for personal shuttle use.
  • Half of U.S. fatalities in Iraq now caused by IEDs.
  • AP reporter goes Pynchon-hunting for Bill Watterson in Ohio, comes up with bupkus.
  • List of neologisms (invented words) from The Simpsons. See also, esquivalience.
  • Mexico's current drug battle has set new benchmarks for brutality because "for the first time the fight is for real," says Fox.
  • Eight-year-old girl kills first bear of Maryland's hunting season.
  • Win today's free copy of Gary Benchley, Rock Star.
  • Polygamous towns run by fugitive avoid state crackdown.
  • New York bomb squad has responded to 350 "suspicious packages" this year; ten have been destroyed.
  • Murals around New York City.
  • Robber run over by his getaway car, gets hit four more times, then shoots himself in the leg.