31 January 2005

  • New York's currently: frozen but balmy
  • Undeterred by threats and terrorism (and triple the average number of attacks), Iraqi voters show up in unexpected numbers.
  • Iraq militant group claims responsibility for downing of a British transport plane, which killed 15.
  • Israel says it's ready to hand security control of several West Bank cities over to Palestinians.
  • Available now: Kevin Fanning's Twelve Times Lost, a string of fantastical narratives.
  • Top spy position becomes increasingly difficult to fill, since nobody knows what the job is supposed to do.
  • The doctor who introduced Ecstasy to the world. Related: Everybody say hello to caffeinated beer.
  • Transfusion-free surgery offers a new route for the religious, the health nuts, and the thrifty.
  • Mr. Herbert Kaiser, Jewish, 201 Main Street, Palo Alto, CA This is what happens when a direct-mail company gives away too much information.
  • Around-the-world trading of recipe books.
  • They observed him from their darkened bedroom for 10 or 15 minutes--also using binoculars and a telescope. Canadian couple bust man for masturbating at his window.
  • Video: Weatherman falls into disorder.
  • Stem cells turned into motor neurons, may help treat spinal injuries and muscular diseases.
  • Bronx McDonald's cook tampers with food prepared for cops; New York high schools to require "work readiness" credential before graduation.
  • The Wexley School for Girls.
  • Why the MTA won't let anybody know the truth about control rooms, the Jets, or how much money it's making.