5 January 2005

  • New York's currently: a composite of Nureyev and Baryshnikov, but only their left feet
  • Bomb at police academy south of Baghdad kills at least 10; head of Baghdad intelligence services says growing insurgency now outnumbers coalition troops.
  • Indonesian rebels declare cease-fire during tsunami relief, claim military has launched attacks against them while trying to deliver aid to victims.
  • Is the U.S.'s meritocracy still intact? Running two Skull and Bones members for president shows otherwise.
  • Radical Muslim cleric skips court appearance, citing too-long toenails.
  • Tourists in Thailand resume their vacations.
  • Video: Things are not what they appear to be.
  • Fireworks accident in Buenos Aires nightclub kills 175, injures more than 700.
  • The most overlooked, underrepresented, and censored news items of 2004.
  • Foreign-born small-business owners in New York can't spell, or sell knishes.
  • Legal headaches sorted out, now is the time to make a buck off mashups.
  • Video: Watch Avery Ant rant about, among other things, Curious George being experimented on by Maybelline.
  • Some awful (and awfully good) European interiors from 1974.
  • Have no idea what your favorite album is? You can figure it out. Or, if you prefer fake bands, here they are.
  • New study shows commercial weight-loss programs largely ineffectual in dropping a few.
  • Video: Car-bombers in Iraq release tape of installation, detonation of a bomb.
  • Georgia sheriff fires 27 employees, posts snipers on roof as they leave.
  • A look at the many "hedcut" or "dot-drawing" portraits from the Wall Street Journal.