27 October 2005

  • New York's currently: finding satisfied moths where its sweaters used to be
  • U.N. report: Of the 4,500 companies in the oil-for-food program, over half paid Saddam Hussein illegal kickbacks.
  • Investigation reveals increase of weaponry, personnel flowing from Syria to Palestinian militias.
  • Israel launches major offensive in response to yesterday's suicide attack.
  • Iran's new president says Israel "must be wiped off the map."
  • Also: In another move to return the country to 1980, Iran bans foreign films.
  • Three days into the Wilma recovery, Floridians are still struggling to locate supplies.
  • White Sox sweep Astros for their first World Series win in 88 years.
  • Watch this spot for today's chance to win a copy of Gary Benchley, Rock Star.
  • China says it's had no human cases of bird flu, and will keep us posted.
  • Boston court to decide whether Turkish slaughter of Armenians during World War I was "genocide" or not.
  • Jury finds Port Authority negligent in securing World Trade Center parking garage prior to 1993 attacks.
  • First Lady says gang tattoos and drug, alcohol problems really hurt your job prospects.
  • WWII pilot found frozen in California national park may be Ernest Munn from St. Clairsville, OH.
  • Jacques Cousteau's grandson designs submarine based on Tintin books.
  • "It took courage to write this book, and it will take courage to read it." The worst lines from science fiction, collected.
  • Ninjas in New York take on theater and the restaurant scene.
  • Musipedia: Could it be? Everything you wanted to know about music?
  • Profile of Iraqi shows insurgent by night, election worker by day. (Ballot stuffer, actually.)
  • TV on DVD means weekdays of exhaustion after weekends of viewing whole seasons.
  • Video: Brigette Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg, "Comic Strip."
  • A company cookbook from a company that has "a lot of potluck events."