Pretty brilliant: Headlines & News. A look at Japan's right-wing uyoku movement, who blast rhetoric from loudspeaker-armed trucks all hours of the day--and night. (Photos here.) In South Africa, where 83 percent of the population is religious, and one in five adults are living with
Milosevic may be dead, but he can still vote "No" on Kosovo's independence ShotSpotters save D.C. residents the hassle of calling 911 every time there's gunfire. How many world-famous locations can we play Game Boy? Questionably clever German hipster inventions. New birth-
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we help a young woman work through a desperate situation: What to wear this year on Halloween?
An adorably illustrated guide to sussing out liars. American-style supermarkets are changing the way India shops, farms, and even invests--but the corner stores are suffering. PDF of Johnny Cash's Christian comics from the '70s, compliments of WFMU. Weekend project: Make fake political signs! Put them
Neglect could destroy 2,500-year-old Bistoun world heritage site, whose inscriptions "mark the birth of the Persian alphabet." Locations where people live on lead feature prominently in the planet's 10 most polluted places. It is possible to view Lovecraft's work as an
Bush signs bill that will limit terror defendants' courtroom rights. If Democrats win control of one or both houses, Bush will have to go bipartisan or face lame-duckism. In 2000: "He speaks of being a bipartisan guy, but I think certainly the majority of Democrats in the
Innovative housing pitches for expensive homes include writing blogs, giving away a Maserati. An ex-drug dealer and burglar leads a wheelchair posse terrorizing Southern California businesses. Met Life agrees to sell Stuyvesant Town for $5.4 billion to investment group led by Tishman Speyer. The world's ugliest
Composer Harry Partch created a vast array of specially tuned instruments--you can play virtual versions of some of them here. New Yorkers will do anything short of burning down their apartments (or their landlords' apartments) to get rid of bedbugs. If finding a purpose is the aim of
Now that the Dow is breathing down 12,000's neck, why are we still saving up for new shoes? Italian sociologist to go under his rock and not come out; insert other academics jokes here. McBride cheaper than a Big Mac. Suspicions High Times editors have infiltrated CNN
Illustrated plans for submarines, from Alexander the Great to the present day. Gambian bumsters take tourist heckling to newly enjoyable levels. Bowers handed the money to a security guard standing in the lobby and told him it was his day to be a hero. Unemployed man robs bank to get
