26 October 2006

  • We'll assume he's making that face because it's his evil twin brother.
  • A profile of the Seigneur of Sark, the "last independent feudal state in the world."
  • Photos: South African women wearing traditional shwe shwe textiles.
  • Comme c'est choquant: French riots teach the rest of the world how not to deal with immigration.
  • German embassies tighten security after photographs of soldiers posing with Afghan skulls are published.
  • Popular Science to analyze physics in YouTube videos--beginning with pole dancing.
  • The web video stars who oughta be in pictures.
  • Halloween terror: A hamburger carved out of a pumpkin.
  • Arab media feeling pressure to self-censor.
  • Schools employ fingerprint scanners to keep children, programs organized.
  • Elisabeth Hasselbeck of The View gets upset when Elisabeth Hasselbeck of SVU gets raped and murdered.
  • Despite Congressional orders and "intersexed" bass, the EPA isn't testing for endocrine disrupters in pesticides.
  • A book of the most famous quotes never uttered by the speakers to whom they've been attributed; a book of the most influential people who never lived.
  • Editor saves election, democracy.
  • In Baghdad, U.S. soldiers find what may be a plan for the ethnic cleansing of Sunnis.
  • Concerned archaeologists say the Iraq war is putting important artifacts in the line of fire.
  • Most pro-penny funding comes from the pro-zinc industry.
  • Bush asks voters to blame him--not their friendly neighborhood Republican Congressman--for the war in Iraq.
  • Coming to a political campaign near you: Google-bombing for the electorate.
  • Gay couples in New Jersey get marriage rights--though the "marriage" term is still under deliberation.
  • New study claims that, with routine CT scans, smokers can be saved from lung cancer.
  • More than 1,700 civilians have been killed in relation to drug gang violence in Mexico.
  • Statistician baseball fans crunch the numbers to find out what went wrong on the field--with an error for margin, of course.
  • Nicaragua to ban all abortions, including those that would save the life of the mother.
  • How to win friends: Liken women who don't wear Muslim headdresses to "uncovered meat."
  • Average New York cab fares to jump by a dollar in December--happy holidays.
  • Kid for sale: Three-year-old gets stuck in a vending machine, hugs stuffed animals.
  • Lance Bass's boyfriend faces threats after revealing Air Force, Lance Bass gay.
  • Losing your spare tire could save on gas.
  • L.A. hospital discharges the homeless to Skid Row, even when they're not homeless.
  • Jane Pauley sues the New York Times, claiming she was misled into granting an interview for an advertising supplement.
  • 20th Century Fox to open Borat in half as many theaters as originally planned, fearing Middle America won't get the joke.
  • Video: Throw the Jew down the well!
  • Creepy "celebrity robot" breaks neck, misses debut.
  • Panamanian frogs gathered to wait out deadly fungus in resort hotel.