31 August 2005

  • New York's currently: experimenting with new allergies
  • Situation in post-Katrina New Orleans worsens--two levees breach, armed groups are looting, and an estimated 80 percent of the city is submerged.
  • Death count in Biloxi is at 100 and growing.
  • Disease outbreak is unlikely during the storm cleanup that could be the largest in U.S. history.
  • Waist-high water in the Superdome, deteriorating conditions mean the stadium must be evacuated. Update: At least 25,000 will go to the Astrodome in Houston.
  • Rumors of suicide bombers cause stampede within pilgrimage north of Baghdad, killing more than 600.
  • Want to be our TMN fall intern? Tell us now.
  • "Maybe tomorrow, after I play Sharapova, I'll come back for a pedicure." How players are made up for the U.S. Open.
  • Andy Roddick eliminated in the first round of the Open.
  • A history of hot Russian women.
  • Is George Bush the next Tom Cruise? Bush draws connections between war on terror and WWII, himself and FDR.
  • Exactly what a hamburger should be--down to the grinds, brands, and buns. And: What about mixing something in?
  • Many weigh in on what, if any, are the perfect albums.
  • Disturbing: How to calculate your life expectancy.
  • A grifter's work is revealed when a woman fakes cancer for a second time.
  • Art Garfunkel busted for parsley, sage, rose--actually no, just weed.
  • Scans of one's mother's entire recipe collection.
  • The danger of adequately arming the Iraqi army, and the danger of not doing so.
  • You can donate here to the American Red Cross's hurricane relief efforts.