29 September 2005

  • New York's currently: doing Holly rightly
  • Tom DeLay steps down after being charged with funneling corporate money.
  • Despite accusations of partisanship, DeLay's prosecutor guns for both sides.
  • Constance Baker Motley--first black female federal judge, first female Manhattan borough president--dies at 84.
  • First Baghdad film festival since the invasion.
  • U.S. launches AIDS-awareness campaign in Botswana: "You all have AIDS," says U.S.
  • Happynews.com: Real news, compelling stories, always positive.
  • Disasters avoided as Likud stalls melting and Palestinian militants wither--but will peace be measured in months or weeks?
  • Katrina aid stirs unintended rivalry between the Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
  • Angry aubergines! Tintin translated into Hindi.
  • Arctic ice cap melted to probably its smallest size this summer in at least a century of record keeping.
  • Used books are a $2 billion industry.
  • The Times Literary Supplement now has a blog, though Brits know more about dogging than blogging.
  • U.S. deploys bomb-sniffing subway dogs, but New York declines.
  • "If London Were Like Venice," complete with illustrations.
  • Line studied at New York's Shake Shack for magic bullet.
  • TMN contest: Win free Gary Benchley book!
  • Suicide bomber kills eight in Baghdad; suicide bomber kills eight in Kabul.
  • I learned about sex from "Betty & Veronica," philosophy from "Peanuts." Art Spiegelman on his education.
  • Spain's 9/11 trial widely considered a failure for not tying the accused and the attacks more closely.
  • Massive tribute to Jesse Frederick, genius pop composer behind TGIF themes--Full House, Perfect Strangers, etc.
  • Indietits.com--not what you think.
  • Video: Shining, that inspirational family comedy.