Con Ed may sue NYC for July steam explosion in midtown--they claim a city leak could have caused the blast. Even New Yorkers get lost exiting the subway: City experiments with sidewalk compass decals. Related: How to walk in New York. The Virtual Vaudeville Project: Computer rendering of the
Fearing loss of support in Iraq from Turkey, sponsors abandon House resolution on Armenian genocide. Turkey seeks approval to cross border into northern Iraq, attack Kurdish rebel bases. From 1943: American success or failure in Iraq may well depend on whether the Iraqis... like American soldiers or not. Tess Gallagher
China is furious and "resolutely opposed" to the U.S. honoring the Dalai Lama next week with a Congressional Gold Medal. Op: China's Communist Party has troubles it's increasingly ill-prepared to deal with. Japan pulls back millions in Burmese aid as death of
Questions and answers on why the Blackwater scandal won't keep America from outsourcing its war-fighting. The United States cannot now undo President Bush's strategic gift to Iran. The victor in Iraq? You guessed it. Richest Americans' share of the national income now the highest
At opening of Chinese Party Congress, the big news seems to be no news; even the dissidents aren't surprised at a crackdown. Final Nobel prize of the year goes to three American economists looking into perfecting imperfect markets. How to explain the winners' mechanism design theory to
Russian security uncovers plot to kill Putin during upcoming trip to Iran. Thanks to resignations, ousters, who knows what, it looks like the scabs will carry the remainder of Bush's term. Death rates due to cancer, especially colorectal, are dropping faster than ever. "The power of meditation
Military officials seek workaround plans--while silently cursing the House--in case Turkey withdraws logistics support for Iraq. Russia threatens to back out of 1987 anti-nuke treaty if it isn't expanded to include more states. Myanmar's PM--already too sick to participate in recent crackdown-
Former vice president, presidential candidate, bearded nobody Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize for climate change work. I'm the only one running for President who's actually made it work. When candidates say they're the only ones. Dub-Dub and Laura sneakily find perfect
Al Gore's campaign for the presidency is still going strong--less Al Gore. British judge rules Gore's An Inconvenient Truth contains exactly nine untruths. Still, that probably won't stop him from winning the Nobel Peace Prize. British mail workers go on strike; online stores
Marines strike up plan for troop withdrawal from Iraq--their own. With "skepticism, fire, and visionary power," Doris Lessing wins 2007 Nobel prize for Literature. Federal judge blocks Bush plan to sack 8.7 million suspected illegal workers nationwide. House votes to call 1915 Armenian killings genocide--a
