27 August 2002

New York's currently: cooling its boots

Cheney claims threat of Iraqi nuclear capabilities justifies attack. Related: Iraq says it doesn't care. Related: The Iraq-Palestine connection.

Domestic worker says she was kept as a prisoner by a Merrill Lynch executive in Queens.

U.S. Open begins. Related: View television schedules. Related: The most powerful man, or at least the luckiest to have around, in professional tennis. [thanks mc]

Times Square illusionist shackled in 220-gallon water tank for 24 hours in a tribute to Harry Houdini. Related: Rumored details about the Kavalier and Clay movie.

Hey! You! New study finds that workers spend more than one day a week browsing non-work-related sites.

New bans on soft drinks in schools.

Sony says it will make 2,000 more Betamax machines and then discontinue the product; will still manufacture tapes.

Put on the head. Go ahead, pick up the one-pound clump of feathers and baseball-sized eyes and giant beak and put it on. Feel what Ted Giannoulas has felt for 29 years. Good luck enduring it for more than 29 seconds. The inside of the head of the San Diego Chicken is sour, steamy, a moldy shower stall in a darkened locker room. Life as the San Diego Chicken. [via obscure store]