27 March 2006

  • New York's currently: toying with its meteorologists
  • Protests held across the U.S. in support of illegal immigrants, whose choice of residence may soon be a felony.
  • Illegal immigrants do the work other Americans won't--and it's no longer a question of wage.
  • Bomb inside U.S.-Iraq base in Mosul kills at least 40; its target may have been Iraqi army recruits.
  • Doctor admits to killing police officers under his care at a northern Iraq hospital.
  • In today's Tournament of Books, it's Cormac McCarthy versus Whitney Terrell, and judge Anthony Doerr is ready to issue swift justice!
  • The new bird-flu strategy: No stopping its spread, so don't worry about killing birds, worry about making a vaccine.
  • Kosher cellphones, as well those that play Christian ringtones, meet the demands of the faithful.
  • Details revealed about the man believed responsible for Saturday's house party murder in Seattle.
  • You want healthier bacon? Researchers now have a pig that makes its own Omega-3 fatty acids.
  • Sept. 11 victims' families learn they'll have access to their loved ones' final audio.
  • New Orleans is about to have its first elections since Katrina, and many argue not enough residents have returned to make it valid.
  • Magic school inspires impoverished citizens in a South African shantytown.
  • Morgan Spurlock address high school, jokes about "retarded kids in the back wearing helmets"; retarded kids in the back then led out.
  • Duo wows basketball half-times with dozens of costume changes in just a few minutes.
  • Tony Blair says the U.S. can be a difficult friend, best imagined with Hugh Grant saying it.
  • NASA preps for Mars with a moon base, compares the project to a trailer hitch before a camping trip.
  • Fashions of the future not unisex jumpsuits.
  • Video: Baby Got Book.
  • Pooh-sticks make good sport for lazy people.