3 October 2007: Morning

  • Piecing together the events of Sept. 16, when a firefight erupted between Iraqis and Blackwater agents.
  • Clinton outpacing Obama in fundraising; Within the past month, at least one Clinton has appeared on television virtually every day.
  • Fascinating analysis of political speeches, and the word clouds they produced.
  • Fictional dirty bombs will go off next week in a multi-city terror exercise.
  • The bacteria entered her body through her eyes, investigators later surmised. As university labs take on more biodefense work, lack of training leads to disturbing incidents.
  • North Korea agrees to disable main nuclear reactor, give details of all nuclear activity by the end of the year.
  • He received an email from an environmentalist who suggested [they] should be the first to drown when sea levels rise from global warming. Blind ask automakers to add hybrid noise.
  • Waiting to determine if lethal injection is cruel or unusual, all executions in Texas have been stayed temporarily.
  • OJ Simpson ordered to surrender Rolex; he says it's a fake; lawyer says it's a good one.
  • Early detection, healthy living could save $1 trillion in the U.S.--but how much has been lost to chronic illness and obesity over the past two decades?
  • An overzealous entrepreneur who loves children and dinosaurs--it's like Jurassic Park with robots.
  • Dutch man finds drunk neighbor inside his house; Nicolas Cage finds naked man inside his house.
  • Photos: A tour of Houston's excellently preserved mid-century modern homes.
  • Ian Mackaye reports he's not dead, no matter what Wikipedia says.