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Headlines from October 6, 2006
- Video: Voices That Care.
- The Fall 2006 New York art openings of note.
- About Iggy's vocal--we need lots... make it strong and punchy, a bit like a boxing kangaroo. The best tour rider ever.
- Kentucky wants to ban the alcohol inhalation that's replacing sipping.
- The Second Annual Vendy Awards; nominate your favorite vendor here.
- Music for L Trains.
- In Digest, Sarah Hepola goes oobatz for Scorsese.
- JonBenet's non-killer un-arrested.
- How to write your novel when you're on the clock.
- House ethics committee to investigate allegations of congressman-page hanky panky.
- Evangelicals: so upset that they may even vote for a Democrat, worried they may be abandoned by their children.
- "Oh, thank God," Foley responded. "Send me that photo, I might need it someday."
- Fire everywhere: Soros-backed watchdog group under fire for not cooperating with FBI, FBI under fire for not following up on Foley's emails.
- Condoleezza Rice visits Baghdad, gives thumbs up all around, wears a helmet.
- 2006 Ig Nobel Prizes awarded last night; a full list of winners, including "Ultrasonic Velocity in Cheddar Cheese as Affected by Temperature."
- "Those Amish people, everyone is sitting around talking about those poor little girls--blah, blah, blah--they brought the wrath upon themselves." Baptists decide not to protest funeral.
- World rebounds with 16 new planets after Pluto's departure.
- Japanese now hold records for both calculating pi most precisely and reciting pi most exhaustively. U.S. government staffed by a statistically significant number of porn fiends; that number will be going up.
- Researchers can't admit they're watching sea lions have sex on a webcam.
- In fact, what Mr. Chavez said was, "I am an avid reader of Noam Chomsky, as I am of an American professor who died some time ago."
- Lab accident in Southern California nearly 50 years ago has been linked to hundreds of cases of cancer.
- If a smoking ban can happen anywhere it's in France, where the wait staff is dying to shame a few patrons.
- Because artificial sweeteners pass through the stomach faster, "diet" cocktails are a recipe for getting blitzed.
- New high-school football rushing record set in 64-0 game, if you think that counts.
- By the time you finish reading this article, you too will want a secret room in your house.