Headlines from December 15, 2006
- Global warming fears are realized this winter in Russia, where mushrooms are growing out of season and the bears can't hibernate.
- Astonishing pictures show him asleep and using the rail as a pillow. Witnesses even said they could hear him snoring from the platform.
- Audio: How the French stole Christmas.
- In today's Video Digest, Sarah Hepola exposes her love for the gentle nerd.
- How to spot the snake oil on today's drugstore shelves.
- "Mr. Langevin happens to be the only individual currently living in Canada without a pulse and without a measurable blood pressure."
- Worth your time: The City Desk profiles all manner of people and places around the City--even that Circuit City over on Clawson Boulevard.
- European teens are having lots of responsible sex.
- Advances in computing technology necessitate advances in ways to cool computing technology.
- I'll bet they wish they had some motherfucking snakes on that plane.
- We consumed more than twice as much high fructose corn syrup per person as in 1980--but whose fault is that?
- Ten million girls have been killed by their parents in India in the past 20 years, either before they were born or immediately after.
- As Castro's condition worsens, Negroponte predicts death in a matter of months.
- U.S. delegation heads to Cuba--though it's unclear if the goal is diplomacy or pageantry.
- A six-year, 100,000-driver study finds "astrological signs are a significant factor in predicting car accidents."
- Through drawing and sculpture, Serkan Ozkaya turns mimicry into an art. (See more here.)
- Nine months after the alleged incident, the accuser in the Duke rape case is ready to give birth.
- This magnified image of a snowflake is just cool. Also: A collection of terrible puns.
- Alliance of liberal groups, Christian or otherwise, may be overestimating the popularity of a Christian-themed video game.
- Photographs of the Pope's crib.