29 April 2004

  • New York's currently: lunch for breakfast
  • U.S. begins air attack on sections of Fallujah, with a full-scale assault ready to go.
  • A city where even Saddam Hussein ventured cautiously. Tribal codes in Fallujah mean battles could be never-ending.
  • Bush, Cheney face private session, attitude discussion with Sept. 11 commission today, though there are many stipulations.
  • Pentagon intelligence report claims former members of Hussein's secret service are behind the bombings and guerilla attacks in Iraq.
  • Still secrecy after North Korea train blast, though state media claims many women ran into burning buildings to save portraits of Kim Jong Il.
  • 'I'm glad that over the course of their experience they haven't developed any integrity,' Columbia students disdain substitute teachers.
  • Photos implicate U.S. soldiers in Iraq in abusing prisoners.
  • Defense Department official investigated for altering a contract to benefit mobile-phone group.
  • Emotionally troubled boy fights bear in Alaskan wilderness, survives.
  • A handy overview of Futurist manifestoes.
  • Hatchery-bred salmon to now count as 'wildlife,' changing its status under the Endangered Species Act.
  • Peel Session details from basically forever. [via thingy]
  • The current political race requires negotiating optimism with winning elections.
  • Play around for a while: An international audio pronunciation guide.
  • Testing company recycles questions for third-grade reading exam, 4,000 kids must re-take the test to score accurate results.
  • Tooth analysis drives wedge in human-Neanderthal relationship.
  • The 'Fish from Hell' are back.