28 November 2005

  • New York's currently: stuffed
  • Saddam's trial resumes after 10 Sunni Arabs are arrested for plotting to kill the judge, cops say.
  • Though far less prevalent, Afghanistan sees rise in Iraq-style insurgent violence.
  • Katrina victims leapfrog over thousands of poor Americans on waiting lists for public housing.
  • Pharmaceutical companies recruit cheerleaders to sell drugs.
  • Hot female chess masters use sex to draw attention to the game (see the world chess beauty contest).
  • China restores water in Harbin, then faces thousands of homeless residents after earthquake, nevermind a deadly mine blast.
  • New Yorkers panic: bedbugs are back in the big apple.
  • City begins preparing for possible transit strike in December.
  • When this year's M&M balloon crashed into a light pole, injuring two, NBC showed last year's footage while the anchors spouted endorsements.
  • Op: Is depressing architecture to blame for France's riots?
  • Goldman Sachs has about $10 billion for bonuses this year, but it's all about how the money's carved up.
  • Hilarious notes from the initial meeting of the Corduroy Appreciation Club.
  • Members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra accused of looking too miserable.
  • Discount chains trumped specialty shops for Thanksgiving-weekend retail dollars.
  • Secret numbers and tips to reach the human inside the phone tree.
  • Mexican immigration stops American and Canadian Christmas trees at the border.
  • Annie Proulx on Richard Avedon's western photographs.
  • Andrew Wylie on the financial threats of Google's plan to scan the world.
  • Bob Woodward--court biographer, investigative reporter, or both?
  • How to fix Mom and Dad's computer.