Continuing weather madness: Golfers aren't hibernating either, scientists say we're experiencing record heat. Mike Tyson told cops he smokes cocaine that he packs into Marlboro cigarettes, is unable to roll his own joints, and gets "a little crazy" without the use of the antidepressant
Dems to take control of Congress today, vow ethics reform before lunch. Negroponte to step down as director of national intelligence, will move to State Dept. to fill a role so "crucial" that it's been vacant for months. Bush, Obama are newspaper columnists for a day,
Ruling in favor of pork-soup shelter prompts Paris mayor to wrinkle nose, "stinks of xenophobia," he says. The diesel industry is really proud of its "superior real-world fuel efficiency", and may start growing it on trees. Thanks, global warming, for making heat so unnecessary
Swaps between prostitutes and clothing boutique owners blamed for HIV in Iran. If you haven't been following the Post's "Date Lab," now's as good a time as any to start. Soko, at least, deserves another chance. Surveillance cameras make urban streets the
Iraq to investigate Saddam's pre-hanging taunting as depicted by cellphone video. Op: It is in the nature of research on ruthless dictators that the sample size is small--must we kill them? FBI releases instances of Guantanamo mistreatment: Koran-squatting, duct-tape helmets, priest garb, and moist
With his plans for a presidential run now all good and leaked, there goes Giuliani's security and strategy angle. "And, after I heard these pieces and the way she sang them, there was a sense of completion. A sense that I finally had done what I really
Mobile phones rush in where news organizations fear to tread: the death of Saddam. Free copies of the newly re-designed Wall Street Journal are available on newsstands today. (The website's free today as well.) The top 10 cryptozoology stories of 2006. If you can't think
Twelve passengers survive, 90 die in Indonesian air crash. In Iraq, December was the deadliest month; tracking the news of how, in 2006, Iraq descended into chaos. "We're not even meeting our basic obligation to the Iraqis who've been imperiled because they worked for the
If there's one thing we've learned this year, it's that the world needs saving: The Natural Resources Defense Council. The Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital works to treat women with obstetric fistulas, a nasty and easily fixed birth complication. (More background.) The Brooklyn Animal Resource
Unlike freelancers, robots may one day get adequate health care. Californians follow New Yorkers--not just in culture, fashion, etc.--and consider joining the trans-fat-banning party. While women in Illinois are mashed-potato wrestling. And on Craigslist, Arizona women are selling kisses for $1, quickies for $60. Researchers
