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5 May 2006

By The Morning News —
  • New York's currently: cinco de everything
  • Senate passes $109 billion emergency spending bill for wars, hurricanes, and Rhode Island.
  • Largest Darfur rebel group agrees to peace deal--two smaller groups are unhappy with the terms, however.
  • Building costs for WTC memorial steaming toward $1 billion--will planning begin anew?
  • Cheney sends "heavily vetted" barbs toward Russia; please note: All of these men are smiling.
  • 1) Zarqawi releases videos to mock U.S.; 2) U.S. finds video outtakes, releases them to mock Zarqawi.
  • Newly discovered memo may prove Zarqawi is exploiting sectarian violence in Iraq.
  • The minimum number of players is clearly four: three men on and one batting. That's how we played: four people on a side. We tried baseball and it didn't work.
  • Study says full-time, stay-at-home mothers could command a salary of $134,121; scientists say hot dads don't always equal hot sons.
  • New Penguin editions with cool covers are so good you'll want to eat them.
  • This Sunday's Fort Green Association House Tour includes a stop at the top of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank to enjoy the views.
  • Why we answer our cellphones when no one is calling.
  • Andrew Lauren, son of Ralph, wants TMN's Kevin Guilfoile to write the screenplay for Cast of Shadows, the movie.
  • Rep. Kennedy prefaces announcement of a traffic accident with: "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident."
  • The corruption surrounding Boston's Big Dig.
  • John Cage said to play his organ piece as slow as possible; note four starts today.
  • The only thing worse than Godsmack is being the lead singer of Godsmack during this interview.
  • In short, did sampling jump the shark, or was it pushed?
  • Are you a Dylanist or an Enoid?
  • "Tropical diseases are here to stay in Canada." Global warming has unexpected, deadly effects.
  • Welcoming new advertisers to the Deck this week: 5inch and scanR.
  • Undersecretary of agriculture visits sixth-grade science classes to argue why cutting down trees is a good thing, gets no takers.
  • New Yorkers pick up their dogs' poo--Texans do not.
  • Audio: 42 hours with Buckminster Fuller.
  • If you wanted, you could watch a lot of TV right now.