8 November 2004

  • New York's currently: running or watching running
  • U.S. troops at the end of Fallujah, ready to begin new assault against insurgents; state of emergency called in most of Iraq, in anticipation of widespread violence.
  • After wiping out the country's air force, French military deploys troops to Ivory Coast to quell anti-French mobs.
  • Rape victims in Sudan find little success with justice system, only ostracism.
  • Hendrik Ramaala, Paula Radcliffe win New York City Marathon.
  • France, Germany, and Britain have reached a tentative deal with Iran to freeze parts of its nuclear program.
  • Looking for historical parallels that could divine the future of the Democratic party.
  • Arafat's wife opposes hospital visit from Palestinian officials, says they are trying to wrest control from her sick husband.
  • Despite speculation it was because of the Bush victory, nobody really knows why a Georgia man committed suicide at Ground Zero yesterday.
  • Health-class textbooks in Texas receive approval after publishers agree to put in that marriage is between a man and a woman.
  • Transcripts from the Salem witch trials.
  • Determine how "good" or "evil" a website or block of text is.
  • How to tie on your sumo-wrestler garb.
  • Fine, the movie's good, but does Sideways know its wine?
  • An intellectual had been at a wedding reception. As he was leaving, he said, "I pray that you two keep getting married so well." Excerpts from the fourth- or fifth-century's The Laughter Lover, the oldest surviving joke book.
  • Photos of New York's exquisite, and defunct, City Hall subway station.