"The best things in life aren't things." Art Buchwald gets the last laugh, passes away at age 81. (Excellent video interview with him here.) "Is it all right to take a 15-year-old girl to the Folies-Bergere?" (answer: "Depends on the
White House says it will cease warrantless domestic surveillance--and replace it with a secret court of spies. Cancer deaths in U.S. drop for second year in a row, suggesting it's no fluke. New study shows "dense" breasts are at a higher risk for cancer.
Bush disappointed by Saddam's hanging--"it looked like it was kind of a revenge killing." If Oprah had to sleep with a man, she would sleep with Obama. Reviewing the presidential hopefuls with Dan Savage. Not just a modesty suit, it's also sun protection:
Racial hatred fuels war between black and Latino gangs in Los Angeles Spam messages promoting pornography are 280 times as effective as those advertising drugs. Op: There's no easy way to quit smoking, not until smoking becomes just too difficult. Five ideas for stressful living. Higher executive pay
From state legislator to the great American hope in three years, Obama starts fundraising. Iraqi death toll in 2006 exceeded 34,000, says the U.N., with 94 persons killed each day. At least 70 Iraqi college students killed yesterday by university bombing. America's gulf allies give cautious
What we all knew from the beginning and were just too afraid to admit--Airborne is a gimmick. Video: La Marche de l'empereur, or Napoleon gets down. Today's TMN Gallery: "Unlike the dank motels where Americans allegedly seek anonymous sex, Japan's love hotels
Obama announces presidential exploratory committee--does this mean he now has to quit smoking? Study shows pet owners drink less alcohol, but smoke more cigarettes than the petless. New York Times surmises that more women than ever are living spouseless--Dawn Eden says casual sex with rock stars is the
U.N. raises 2006 Iraq death toll threefold--to more than 34,000 civilians. California citrus producers say as much as 70 percent of its orange crops could have been destroyed by winter blast. U.S. meets Iranian influence in Iraq with barbs, while Iraq welcomes it, diplomatically. Five years
Merci pour l'ajouter: MySpace expands to the continent, beginning with France. The Pirate Bay, the infamous Swedish file-sharing site, seeks sovereignty. [My father] had a workbench out in his garage where, when I was about five or six, he sectioned off a little piece of it and
The 1982 crash of Air Florida flight 90 forever changed the role of the co-pilot--and drastically improved commercial airline safety. Do balloons work the same one mile up? The Democratic National Convention heads to Denver for 2008. Gather.com readers will vote which author will have their manuscript
