7 June 2006

  • New York's currently: reformatting its lard drive
  • First plot details behind Canada's arrests last weekend of would-be terrorists.
  • Arrests in Canada kicked off by October nab of London man who allegedly ran al Qaeda-linked websites.
  • Doctors fear thousands of concussions go undiagnosed among U.S. troops.
  • Nearly 80 percent of active military folk affected by last month's Veterans Affairs identity theft.
  • Kim Jong-Il "stunned" after winning his ninth $10 million lottery jackpot in as many weeks.
  • Nearly 200 million people have moved abroad to find work.
  • Iraq's new government to release 2,500 detainees, though none guilty of "serious crimes."
  • Abbas gives Hamas three-day extension.
  • Op: Hamas is against a two-state solution because it's not exactly psyched about playing parliament.
  • Small robots manipulate cockroaches.
  • Exercise-crazed boomers needing hip replacements a lot sooner than they'd think.
  • The most likely person to buy a self-help book bought one within the preceding 18 months.
  • Facts about the effectiveness of sunscreens.
  • Coudal Partners releases its Field-Tested Books with numerous TMNers reviewing novels for your beach-reading pleasure.
  • Chertoff: I love New York, now let me explain.
  • If an article is praised by the central leadership, the author will receive 300 points. China's rules for Beijing's China Youth Daily.
  • How journalists fulfilled their hackneyed duty to 6/6/06.
  • Scientists discover new source for the mammalian body clock, and no, it's not New York's covers.
  • Tips for sleeping on planes; How to take a caffeine nap.
  • In today's digest, Rosecrans Baldwin on the week in mp3s.
  • The "Numa Numa" dance is the internet's equivalent of the Electric Slide.
  • One-week menu for a family of four for 45 bucks.
  • Opening tonight at the Municipal Art Society: photographs of Grand Army Plaza by Bridget Walsh Regan.
  • Video: Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Foutaises.