4 March 2004

New York's currently: mushy, warm, happy

This morning: Gay New Yorkers seeking marriage licenses gather at City Hall; city rejects requests.

Unknown terrorists with bombs blackmail French railway system, though trains continue to run.

Though Attorney General Eliot Spitzer warns gay marriage is illegal in New York, upstate marriages continue, as Senate Republican leaders say they will 'aggressively pursue' an amendment to ban gay marriage.

Through all the best-laid mousetraps: a museum of unworkable devices.

Water on Mars! Water on Mars! But astronomers are already on to exploring Mercury, Venus, Earth. Related: Wait, what does this mean for Earth's past? And: The Atlantic traces a history of asking the price that can be put on space exploration.

Bush re-election ad campaign features firefighters, Sept. 11 imagery, excellent Spanish, URL typing. [watch the ads here]

U.S. intelligence agencies have improved in languages, but still understaffed in Arabic, Persian, Pasto, Urdu, and others deemed necessary, security-wise.

Brazilian bingo workers march in protest of government shutdown of bingo halls, considered to be fronts for organized crime.

Crooked former Moscow police officer chomps off his tongue to stay silent during police interrogation.

Hey, lottery winners: How to choose between the lump sum and the annunity.

Big there, tall here, brown those? Learn what physical qualities you're attracted to. Emotional baggage doesn't appear as a checkbox.

Creepy, crawly, gross-y, and Gorey-ish animations.

'I don't know, Mexico, maybe.' After drinking for four days, man celebrating his 21st birthday steals two planes, flies one into a power line, wasn't sure where he was going in the first place.

An 'independent, nonpartisan resource': polls, polls, polls.