7 March 2006

  • New York's currently: ironing its shorts
  • U.S. military to shape Iraqi police numbers by enforcing Sunni quotas, firing commanders who tolerate militias.
  • Chertoff: Dubai port deal would mean access to overseas business records, a potential treasure trove for Homeland Security officers.
  • Practically exception-free South Dakota abortion ban signed into law--let the legal battle begin.
  • Minnesota Twin and Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett dies at 45.
  • Some are wagering--charitably, of course--on the Tournament of Books outcome.
  • Reality show or inbox spam? British aristocrat to select an American heir for his $13 million estate.
  • While many hospitals are giving their menus a much-needed makeover, some make your stay so good you won't want to leave.
  • iPod identifies jogger struck by car.
  • Former Serb leader on trial at War Crimes tribunal commits suicide.
  • Aural Times "sings the news so you don't have to."
  • "It's not like he had Barbra Streisand or show tunes on." Navigating the rough waters of "Brokeback" marriages.
  • Jon Fasman reading tomorrow night at the South Street Seaport Museum.
  • Video: Octopus duels.
  • The Ferrari was wrecked, by the Swedish playboy, who was racing a Mercedes, but there wasn't a Mercedes, and he was drunk, and he was reloading his Glock.
  • Friedan, according to Greer, hogged the spotlight and admitted to being "a bad-tempered bitch."
  • Researchers say humans and chimps have a natural inclination to be altruistic.
  • Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home and stop giving me a rash.
  • Mercury levels in tuna at some sushi restaurants declared "unsafe for anyone to eat."
  • Superb aerial photographs of Chicago.
  • Video: Scratching cars.