8 July 2002

New York's currently: totally set to rule

Majority of gay men with HIV don't know they're infected.

Lawmakers call for increased military role in Afghanistan after assassination, Bush says no.

Road to hell paved with white people.

Study finds only 16 percent of voters turned out for last spring's primary elections.

Iraqi Kurds, in a golden age, have no desire to see Hussein attacked by Bush.

Builders maybe defrosted Charles Saatchi's frozen peas, bloody head.

Teddy Roosevelt didn't want 'In God We Trust' on coins because it ridiculed a serious sentiment.

Michael Jackson calls Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola a racist, accuses industry of racist conspiracy against black artists. Related: Sharpton apologizes for Jackson's slander, but agrees with conspiracy theory. Related: Possible evidence for Jackson's conspiracy: Elvis is number one on U.K. pop charts.

Plastic surgery on vacation is probably a bad idea.

A distant cousin of Lilian Ross's profile of Hemingway, 'Boozing with Irvine Welsh.'

Poet, teacher, Kenneth Koch dies at 77 from leukemia. Related: Poem, interview, many good links, bio.

With the exception of one or two very courageous and very noticeable deviants, every single Korean citizen wore a red T-shirt, and the entire country screamed at each home pass, save, and shot. Nick Hornby on the World Cup.