30 September 2005

  • New York's currently: finding new ways to complain about good weather
  • John Roberts easily confirmed as Chief Justice--battle expected for Bush's upcoming O'Connor replacement.
  • Coordinated bombs kill 95 in Balad, near Baghdad; nine killed today in Baghdad bombing.
  • Generals visit Capitol Hill, deem Iraqi troops--which are filled with insurgency sympathizers--not ready for combat, and predict a struggle that could last for years.
  • The Times' Judith Miller gets sprung from jail after agreeing with her source that she can testify on the CIA leak.
  • Trailers, cruise ships, and generous households go empty as FEMA's schedule for evacuee housing lags.
  • TMN contest: Win your free Gary Benchley book!
  • New MTA software aimed at subway scammers turns out to eat everyone's fares. Of course, it will still be used.
  • Tayari Jones on desegregating the bookstore shelves.
  • Wildfires rage in Southern California, setting over 25 square miles ablaze.
  • Tom DeLay wants everybody to know he's innocent. Even if he is, nobody may want him back.
  • New Orleans architect firm and their families live in Brooklyn work space, favorably compare it to The Shining.
  • Nature finally inspired by Hollywood magic: gorillas seen using tools, 20-million-year-old spider found in amber.
  • The three-column formula behind the New Yorker's cartoons.
  • International survey shows nobody likes America.
  • For sale: "DKNY Men's Leather Pants I Unfortunately Own."
  • Could Warren Beatty run against Arnold Schwarzegegger for the California governorship?
  • Yeah, you say, but they're helping. True. Except that charity on TV is never just about helping. It's about being seen helping.