31 October 2002

New York's currently: making zombie jokes all day long

Sniper investigation leads back to killing last month in Alabama, where a third suspect is considered.

We would like to interrupt your current programming and introduce Sarah Hepola as a new Contributing Writer. Her picture will appear shortly on the masthead; until then, her stories for TMN are right here. Thank you.

Israel's Labor Party quits the coalition, leaving Sharon in a partnership with hard-right Likud, or about to call elections.

Jam Master Jay shot and killed in a Queens recording studio.

Search for your family in the 1880 U.S. Census.

McDonald's France tells fat kids to visit its restaurants no more than once a week; McDonald's U.S. says 'We don't share this view at all.'

A giant, important thing: UNC's Documenting the American South.

Another giant, vital thing: Making a Killing: The Business of War.

Then somebody used the G word. Jason Hawes, 30, the society's founder and leader, winced. Mr. Hawes is soft-spoken and prides himself on his professional demeanor. 'I wish you wouldn't call us ghostbusters,' he said. 'We're paranormal researchers.' Real Ghostbusting team even has its own Egon. Related: Still a great American comedy, Ghostbusters.

How to survive a gas attack, for travelers going to Iraq.

Who says Thom Yorke is miserable?

For Halloween, why not try going as Nikki S. Lee, identity master? [ thanks kf ]

New favorite website: Trees New York, including the hotline for reporting Asian Longhorned Beetle sightings.

The history of Halloween.

The Sexiest Sentence Alive, by Mona Thibaut.

Extremely interesting: Dialect survey maps of the U.S., including the areas where people spell Elvis Presley as Elvis Prezley.