30 July 2003 By The Morning News — 30 Jul 2003 New York's currently: draining the pool for you One day after being announced, Pentagon abandons terror betting market. Related: Department of Homeland Security warns of new airline hijacking attacks, possibly by end of summer. Related: Air marshals being pulled from key flights. NYC Police giving Segways a go in a 60-day test run. MTA subway drivers-in-training learn on a virtual subway (the Lexington line, to be exact). After 58 years, the final classic VW Beetle rolls off the assembly line. Soundboards galore. Some favorites: Jack Black | Sling Blade | Bill Murray | Stifler | Office Space | The Big Lebowski [via wdik] Need a baby? Buy a fake baby. Hepburn wills four acres of Connecticut beachfront property to public use. Farmed salmon – most of the salmon you eat, that is – shows high levels of PCBs. Three-year-old crashes car for second time in four days. Did you really feel 'welcomed' to the jungle by Axl Rose, or do you think that was sort of just insincere, halfhearted graciousness? [ via tmftml ] In lean times, restaurants drop corkage fees and say BYOB. People mad! People wear Hulk Hands! [ via luvvy nerds ] Archive of Patricia Wells stories at IHT.
