Headlines from November 1, 2006

Saw III premieres, paramedics called.
Capitalism gives us many variations of a "Wide Left Turn" signs.
In honor of All Saints Day, a list of patron saints of ecology, neurological diseases, waiters, etc.
Moscow's football club Metros it for free when traffic gets too bad.
The Polling Place Photo Project wants you to document your (presumably straight-ticket Democrat) voting experience.
Probably not fair that western countries are more promiscuous and developing countries are more STD-ridden.
Lego shortage looms just in time for Christmas.
Al-Jazeera's English-language channel to debut in two weeks.
A new, non-gangrenous leg is yours for $2,000.
In today's Mp3 Digest, Llewellyn Hinkes takes aim at genres.
A simultaneous translator can make you sound bilingual--and the Language Log calls bullshit.
Life on Skid Row in L.A.
Where to celebrate Dia de los Muertos in New York.
The new Joy of Cooking is a rewrite of its popular 1975 edition.
Bush stumps in Sugar Land, Tex.--for a write-in candidate?
P-Krunk wants to know if we are feeling his Corolla.
More fun than voting: Send us your fake election signs and you'll get real versions of these fake buttons.
Slow nuclear clean-up a boon for Washington state residents--but probably not their unborn fetuses.
Video: The world's largest skateboard ramp.
Iraqi PM surprises Americans, demands they withdraw Sadr City blockage--and they do.
Kerry's flubbed joke, Bush's demand for apology keep election focus on the war in Iraq.
...Though the biggest issue in the 2006 elections is still George W. Bush.
Slide from military briefing shows Iraq is leaning more toward "chaos" than "peace."
Spies share classified info on Wikipedia platform; will Citizendium make for a more trustworthy Wikipedia?
Strange things afoot at Harvard's Crimson: the plagiarist columnist and the plagiarist cartoonist.
NYC Health Dept. wants to require calorie counts on fast-food menus, Wendy's predicts small type.
Israeli troops carry out major Gaza operation, intended to quell the rockets that have been shooting into Israel.
Halloween violence: Seven shot in San Francisco's Castro district; man stabbed in Greenwich Village.
Monitoring the nastiest campaign ads: part one, part two.
By cutting its oil supply in September, China directed North Korea to return to nuclear talks, a dynamic that should make for interesting diplomacy in years to come.
Blogger slapped around by George Allen campaign staffers. (Video here.)
Brits grouse about painfully ungreen products.
Anti-smoking ads that depict parents talking to their children about not smoking have unintended effect.
"Powerful but fickle" teens declare MySpace totally over.
The Bloodninja strikes out.
Household robots mildly amusing, fairly effective.