3 August 2006

  • New York's currently: sleeping in the bath
  • Poll finds Americans think Israel's actions are justified, not excessively harsh.
  • More than 200 rockets fired into Israel
  • Lebanon's foreign minister doubts a European-led force will be welcomed given Hezbollah's newly enhanced image.
  • House Republicans down on freedom, fries and toast go Franco.
  • Courts v. Journalists, round 56: Blogger jailed for refusing to hand over protest video.
  • When there's Fidel, Mad Mel and weather hot as hell, the morning news shows don't have much else to discuss.
  • Substances and their effects on Mel Gibson.
  • Sign-language interpreters at concerts translate songs conceptually.
  • Outgoing British ambassador says civil war is the most likely outcome in Iraq.
  • Two bombs kill 12, mostly children, near the bleachers of a soccer field in Baghdad.
  • Lists of five things.
  • Not exactly Hollywood, but: Exploding exhausted old stars cause puffiness in dark matter.
  • Woman sought for conning thousands of Peruvians with Parisian "Magic Cheese."
  • Agency.com produces gaggy video to win Subway ad account; Coudal Partners responds.
  • Video: The clip-art loop.
  • Three of four women would prefer a new plasma TV to a diamond necklace.
  • Not that the war of the sexes is over or anything (see also, a week of web sex news).
  • Story of student debt in the U.S. highlights corporate greed.
  • Ammunition, pick-up trucks, and Dell laptops do not mix.
  • Social networking site for the old helpfully tells them when friends have popped off.
  • Children attempt to build tree fort, get swabbed for DNA.
  • Electric cars break into drag racing.