Headlines from October 18, 2006

Bush signs bill that will limit terror defendants' courtroom rights.
If Democrats win control of one or both houses, Bush will have to go bipartisan or face lame-duckism.
In 2000: "He speaks of being a bipartisan guy, but I think certainly the majority of Democrats in the Texas House would not consider him a bipartisan. He tends to be bipartisan when you agree with him."
in 2006: With growing discontent and without Delay at the helm, Texas hints it may bust up with the GOP.
The "big tent" is in danger of falling over: Christian Republicans call for a "pink purge" to get rid of the gay Republicans.
At some point yesterday morning, we got our 300 millionth American--though we don't know who it was, or whether they arrived by birth or by plane.
But whatever the case, we should all hope to be born (or be parents) in France.
Iraqi government removes its two top police commanders, cannot name their replacement until the new appointee's family is safe.
Not only is China the country with the most influence over North Korea, China also is, along with South Korea and Japan, one of the countries most under threat from North Korean nukes.
If we're reading these numbers correctly, eating fish makes you 17 percent more likely to never die.
In 100,000 years or so, humans may split into two species. No word on whether consumption of seafood determines which you're in.
Forty years later, firefighters gather to remember the 23rd St. fire, the single deadliest event for the FDNY before Sept. 11.
The owners of a quirky--and code-violating--house in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill have been ordered to vacate their "Rubik's Cube of a spaceship."
"He shook my hand and said, 'You are one of the greatest vocalists of our time.' Isn't that sweet? Because in my day, Guns N' Roses were, like it."
The author of the Mary Poppins books didn't much care for mixing cartoons with people, or with Dick Van Dyke.
Video: Tiny Tim singing "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy."
Andrew Gordon's "Smoking Dope With Thomas Pynchon: A Memoir."
The Nietzsche Family Circus makes the funny pages a lot less funny.