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
NY Comptroller Hevesi to resign over criminal charges that he used state workers as personal aides, chauffeurs. Politicians enjoy waxing the pastoral image of family farms, but the reality of modern farming is far more corporate--and well-financed. The smew, a diving duck, flies west to the U.K.
U.S., Britain move warships into Persian Gulf to rattle a few sabers in Iran's direction. U.S. troops hand over local control of Najaf to Iraqi troops, who celebrate by biting into live frogs. Iranian students protest speeches by Ahmadinejad, and are suddenly valuing their civil liberties
The Wednesday Digest authors--Huey, A-Dub, and Rosiepants--share their favorite mp3s of 2006. Muslims accuse Baltimore schools of teaching Islam wrong. Minnesota representative uses the Koran for his swearing-in ceremony; Virginia rep. opens big mouth, inserts Islamophobic foot. Islamophobe writes guide in case you find yourself both
