4 May 2006

  • New York's currently: brewing coffee with coffee, metaphorically
  • Jury doesn't reach consensus and Moussaoui gets life sentence.
  • Op: Witness a noble jury refusing a terrorist his martyrdom and a state its scapegoat.
  • House narrowly passes Abramoff-inspired lobbying legislation that's a far cry from promised bill.
  • Picasso portrait, "Dora Maar With Cat," sells for $95.2 million.
  • Enormous belly button gives away fake Van Dyck.
  • Royal member discovered loose in the sand surrounding King Tut.
  • France's de Villepin insists he never targeted Sarko, sees slander campaign swirling around, much like his hair.
  • The magic roundabout of Swindon, absolutely terrifying to American eyes.
  • Thieves use laptops to crack keyless-entry cars, e.g., David Beckham's.
  • There is no need for an auxiliary power supply. Proposal for an Arizona SWAT unit to begin employing monkeys.
  • "Gun-shaped teddy bear crackers ready to liven up wedding receptions."
  • If you can walk a quarter-mile, you'll probably last six more years.
  • U.S. bird flu plan missing a key element: how to pay for it.
  • Thighspace.com? Couchsurfers employ web to skip hotels while traveling, preferring your spare loveseat.
  • KGB Bar launches KGBBarLit magazine.
  • Times blogs written by U.S. soldiers becoming excellent narratives.
  • Comic-book Superrman impervious to copyediting.
  • Examples of Disney's self-plagiarization. (Very Mehta of them, if you ask us.)
  • You're a fool if you don't take my advice. Mr. T's advice show to debut in October.
  • Wired's appreciation of Alinea's nouveau food, better seen here.
  • George "Hamburger America" Motz's 15 favorite burgers in the U.S.
  • Eighty best places to eat out in Paris.
  • Wine lovers who can't recognize complexity in fine beers need to hurdle their hang-ups.
  • Core classical recordings of the 20th century.
  • Los Angeles as experienced in 1907.
  • How David Blaine may manage to hold his breath for nine minutes.
  • Postal Service proposes a "forever stamp" to suffice forever for first-class mail.
  • The Bruckheimer Quatrains.