4 August 2005

  • New York's currently: sweating more than sleeping
  • Bomb that killed 14 marines in Iraq yesterday shows insurgents are using bigger, more lethal explosives.
  • Muslims seeking legal advice in Europe find religious opinions from afar make integration tougher.
  • Newspaper editors complain of copycat (special-interest group) letter writers.
  • How to hijack an elevator so it goes straight to your floor.
  • Sony to refund viewers of A Knight's Tale as punishment for using a fake critic to praise the movie.
  • First New York City cop killed in Baghdad, James McNaughton.
  • Inspector Collector, or, Harley Spiller, may win the Guinness world record for his menus.
  • Things that are not in the U.S. Constitution.
  • Fijian books are on the slide. Also, not all African stories are tragedies.
  • Are you one of the 121,348,731 people in the world who can solve a puzzle and love the Pixies?
  • Op: Governments should harness mobile-phone technology for terrorism prevention.
  • Leave the nude people alone, lest they draw their swords upon thine grievance.
  • Nevermind, it's still a "war on terror."
  • The age-old question: Did you, as a kid, find porn in the woods? Why the porn in the woods? Where does the porn in the woods come from?
  • Which trees improve urban air?
  • Supermodel discovered in Grand Central bathroom.
  • Students sleeping.
  • I like reading about the poor. I'm from North Carolina. She writes really good poor. Glitzy New Yorkers, like Amy Sedaris, report on what they're reading.
  • How to cook snails from your garden.
  • Caldwell: Reading is a hymn that will not and cannot be replaced by anything.
  • Noli Novak can turn your head into many little dots.
  • Pentagon bolsters national defense by sending 15 scientists to screenwriting class.
  • Still amusing: 20 Questions.
  • Note: Due to heat, TMN unable to publish feature today. Our apologies!