6 June 2002

  • New York's currently: on jury duty
  • Powell report on slave trafficking finds U.S. allies in worst tier of offenders list.
  • Ashcroft shows off new plan to track 100,000 visitors per year, fingerprinting and photographs for those that pose an 'elevated security risk.'
  • Add Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman and we've got a movie: New York women spot accused bodychopper during cultural tromp of the town.
  • Israel shells Arafat's compound after suicide bomber kills 17.
  • Don't know why, but we can't get enough of gossip columnists 3am girls.
  • Anita Hill on the strengths, determination of Coleen Rowley and Sherron Watkins in exposing the FBI and Enron, respectively.
  • One we missed: Report by Sacramento Bee confirms awful truth all Americans know about public schools, that children in wealthy communities have far better facilities.
  • Just in time for swimsuit season, the butter talks back.
  • Why learn how to flirt through various embarrassments, gaffes, and rejections, when a team of scientists will tell you how? Of course, you may only want to date Asian women.
  • And now, the number one most frequently used editorial concept, besides the 'HOT or NOT' column: Insider information from a former intern at a pornographic publisher.
  • Author Caroline Knapp dead.