9 May 2006

  • New York's currently: having the longest real spring in recent years
  • White House calls Iranian president's letter a ploy. See also, when to lob.
  • Moussaoui would like to retract his guilty plea because now, he says, he understands he can get a fair trial in America.
  • At least 30 killed in Iraq yesterday.
  • Did former CIA executive director "Dusty" steer contracts to friend Wilkes, aka "bud of Duke"?
  • The monumental task of warning future generations.
  • A great deal of what purported to be humor related to the Director and his age. FBI report/review of Laugh-In episode.
  • Columbia students and street cons.
  • David Blaine fails to set breath-holding record, lasts 7 minutes after spending 177 hours under water.
  • Final year of swim tests for U.N.C graduates; few colleges still require their grads to tread.
  • EBay is not where you want to spend a fortune on art.
  • Little Sister protects China's internet.
  • I really believed that they were real, they were true. The case of the Nigerian letter scammers and a Massachusetts psychotherapist.
  • Nigerian mp3 blog, Naija Jams.
  • South Africa's Zuma is cleared of rape, says he's sorry he didn't use a condom.
  • U.N. aid workers exploiting girls throughout Liberaia, says report.
  • Profile of Popbitch, the email newsletter we can't seem to unsubscribe from.
  • A brief history of "baby-daddies" and "baby-mamas."
  • Nature's worst mothers: blood drinkers, infant abandoners, those who feed baby flesh to siblings.
  • Scientists pick the top 10 sci-fi films.
  • There are lots of causes for yawns, but why are yawns contagious?
  • The remarkably high-tech world of selling, scoring, and scamming World Cup tickets.
  • Front page Times articles soon to have, hopefully, fewer anecdotal leads.
  • Neil Diamond on his unlikely immigrant-rights theme song.
  • Sixty-four versions of "Stairway to Heaven."