4 August 2006

  • New York's currently: polluted with money
  • Senior U.S. commander in the Middle East says troop reduction is unlikely, Iraq is near civil war.
  • Nasrallah: You hit downtown Beirut, we'll hit Tel Aviv; Israel: You hit Tel Aviv, we'll destroy your country.
  • Hezbollah still capable of synchronizing operations, Israel still has trouble just past the border.
  • Iran uses fight to knuckle down on reformists.
  • It's better to be hot in NY than cold in South Africa.
  • The dread of half-naked men in the heat--as previously discussed by Michael Fowler.
  • Homing pigeons could be used to detect urban pollution.
  • Suicide bomber kills 21 in Afghanistan.
  • Video: Introducing the Nike McFly, the newest advance in power lacing.
  • In today's Digest, Sarah Hepola on the week in videos.
  • Tom Fiedman's six-month window for turning around Iraq has lasted two and a half years.
  • Either this guy is incredible or this technology is unbelievably stupid. U.S.'s electronic passport hacked in just two weeks.
  • Forget love--what the world needs now is Matt Damon playing Captain Kirk.
  • Japan slacks, pushes date for its first moon base from 2025 to 2030.
  • The shady doctors behind shady online drugstores are in trouble.
  • Green cemeteries bring trendy organics to death and burials.
  • It forms part of an appeal to her audience to donate to Aids charities. Madonna mock-crucifies self, angers half of Rome.
  • Samples of favorite Beatles moments.
  • Forty-five days in jail is officially not enough to discourage sex with your teenage bride.
  • The quest to eat 1,000 popsicles in one summer--though what if they were made of beer?
  • Bangladesh police bring bombs into court as evidence, fail to defuse them.