3 May 2002

New York's currently: web-slinging.

U.S. unemployment spikes in April: hits eight-year high.

FBI alerted on grounds of suspicion--before September 11--that Arab students were attending U.S. aviation schools.

U.S. to attend Middle East peace conference this summer, while Congress fully backs Israel.

Off-duty police officer--who, while driving drunk last August, hit and killed a pregnant woman and her family--claims he's only guilty of driving drunk, that the slain family is responsible for their own deaths.

Rescued terrier begins new life as celebrity dog, notes desire to be 'the first dog to own a human.'

Has Le Pen already won?

Carson not returning for NBC 75th anniversary special. Though still funny, needs to quit making Reagan jokes.

European drug decriminalization puts addicts into treatment, instead of prison.

Russian avant-garde literature finds muse on Delaware River who plans on training ignorant chipmunks (the magazine the article refers to).

California Supreme Court finds liable companies whose advertising imagery runs counter to its business practices; seemingly completely misses point of advertising.

Old column by Jamie Oliver, aka The Naked Chef, that has me longing to to be here again. [nostalgia provided by saute wed.]

Spider-Man opens today. Girls squeal for Tobey; boys squeal for Kirsten. Wait, switch that: reverse it.

In honor of Spider-Man, ArtKrush puts together compilation of links dedicated to Peter Parker.

Photoshop tennis at noon.

Old but great, and recently re-found, article on Starbucks in Italy, where there are two types of people: espresso drinkers, and the others.

Cute motion graphics at Amoebalabs, including a valentine [heavy Quicktime file, plus some *sensitive* content] to the Makeout Club.