7 April 2005

  • New York's currently: Franzen'd, Foer'd, Lethem'd, and Ame'd
  • Iraqi national assembly names former Kurdish resistance leader to presidency.
  • Republican legal counsel steps forward as author of memo that described how the G.O.P. could use the Terri Schiavo case for political advantage--and that eventually found its way to the Senate floor.
  • At least 18 U.S. soldiers are dead in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
  • Passengers cheer as buses on the first cross-Kashmir service pass the Line of Control.
  • Frank Conroy, author of Stop-Time and head of Iowa Writers' Workshop, dies, age 69.
  • Take a free wine course online through the Culinary Institute of America.
  • Missing Chinese-food deliveryman finally located in stuck elevator, though police question three men over barbecue sauce that resembled blood.
  • Kids at Bethesda Music Camp learn to rage against the suburbs.
  • "Every single time, it's an impossible job. One's not entirely clear why anyone bothers to do it." Britian's poet laureate charged with writing verse to celebrate the upcoming royal wedding.
  • Brooklyn nursing-home worker bends over to pick up lip balm, ducks stray bullet.
  • German bestseller slapped with accusations of scientific plagiarism.
  • The before and after of indie-rock icons Slint, from Sasha Frere-Jones.
  • New Florida bill to allow citizens, if they feel threatened, to use force anywhere without fear of prosecution.
  • An "author-less book tour" for Richard Feynman.
  • Star Wars fans line up outside wrong theater, don't believe sources who say the location of the premiere has been changed.