30 March 2004

  • New York's currently: working in the downtown castles
  • In anticipation of hand-over, U.N. envoy sent to Iraq for work on new government. Related: Annan fires, reprimands staff for security failures that led to U.N. Baghdad bombing.
  • More than doubling their pay, senior Special Ops members lured away by Baghdad and Kabul civilian security work.
  • Terror raids nab suspects, materials in London and the Phillipines.
  • Taste-testing with books.
  • A rash of hoaxes involving restaurants, their unwitting managers, and strip searches.
  • Whether traversing mountain ranges or touring temples, Tintin keeps you in your place.
  • NPR gets competitive, wants breaking news --without Bob Edwards in the big chair.
  • Islamic group Milli Goerues takes German intelligence agencies to court for extremist label, and is winning.
  • Partial-birth abortion ban on trial across the country.
  • BookCrossing lets you sign up to leave a novel in a hotel room, under a mossy rock, wherever, for somebody else to find.
  • You too can calculate the reality of exponential growth in The Andromeda Strain.
  • 'Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.' Quotations from the late Peter Ustinov, who will be remembered for his wit as much as his career in acting.
  • Casting call: Please send 300 naked extras to new Depp film.
  • City Mouse explains Friendster to Country Mouse.
  • Changing a history of deception with the Propaganda Remix Project.
  • Polish city feels patron mermaid needs larger bust, smaller waist for better publicity.