29 September 2004

  • New York's currently: outraged, furious, crazed, angry, infuriated, frenzied, raging--and that's just for Cheney
  • More than 2,300 attacks by insurgents in Iraq in the last 30 days (see graphic).
  • Seven hostages freed in Iraq; $1 million possibly paid for Italians' release.
  • Eight of 15 swing states missed cutoff date to ensure absentee ballots can be returned in time.
  • Modern mummification starts at $67,000. (See images, and how to tell your kids you're going to be wrapped in bandages for eternity.)
  • Officials below Bush and Rumsfeld say Iraq's insurgency is much worse and more widespread than the administration acknowledges.
  • Sick of sounding foreign? Train yourself in the melodious American accent!
  • Revenge threatened against Mark Chapman, John Lennon's killer, who may be released from prison next month.
  • Guides for fall foliage around New England, including live foliage cameras.
  • Told he's too young to buy Playboy, schoolboy sets fire to newsstand, tries to torch bus.
  • Video: President Bush explains "tribal sovereignty."
  • Pentagon's chief weapons evaluator says Bush's missile defense system, in process of being deployed, has likely effectiveness of 20 percent.
  • Even Moore didn't manage to influence the other side. We tested that with polls. It's a hopeless case. Woody Allen on political divisions.
  • President's hometown newspaper endorses John Kerry.
  • Video: Terrifying music video for song composed with lines from Silence of the Lambs.
  • Trends in polls mapped for fascinating examples of leaning.
  • Bush claims success each time his plans go badly, and remains believed.
  • It was the best of times, dog. Classics rewritten by Maxim editors.