Headlines from January 12, 2007
- Merci pour l'ajouter: MySpace expands to the continent, beginning with France.
- The Pirate Bay, the infamous Swedish file-sharing site, seeks sovereignty.
- [My father] had a workbench out in his garage where, when I was about five or six, he sectioned off a little piece of it and said "Steve, this is your workbench now."
- Myanmar releases five prisoners from the 1988 student demonstrations--but is still keeping around 100,000 "political prisoners" in 42 prisons and 91 concentration camps. Yes, concentration camps.
- Hey Toponah, Nev.: If you erect a statue of Howard Hughes and his secret bride, that's kind of giving away the secret.
- Miami's favorite congressman takes a look at the White House, likes what he sees.
- "The season of distress will be long."
- One way to send more troops to Iraq: Cut off their active duty limits.
- When is it OK to run hurt? Answer: Always, as long as you don't sound like a vomiting bear.
- Soviet roadside bus shelters put any American version to shame.
- The 13 novels even the most ambitious student filmmaker can't produce.
- Note: TMN will be off Monday, Jan. 15, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day--see you on Tuesday.
- The 1982 crash of Air Florida flight 90 forever changed the role of the co-pilot--and drastically improved commercial airline safety.
- Do balloons work the same one mile up? The Democratic National Convention heads to Denver for 2008.
- Gather.com readers will vote which author will have their manuscript published by Simon & Schuster.
- Minucci claimed he used the slur as a friendly greeting before beating a black man with a baseball bat in Howard Beach in 2005. Legislating against "the n-word" is further proof we're missing the forest for the trees.
- How to improve your hospital's survival rate for liver transplants: Select better candidates.
- One in five drivers entering the busiest parts of Manhattan are only passing through, on their way somewhere else. The surprising traffic stats of New York.
- In an era where labels matter--and offer--less and less, today's musicians are redefining "independent," at least for today.
- Sarah Hepola on being cast as R2D2 instead of Princess Leia, in today's Video Digest
- Robert Anton Wilson Defies Medical Experts and leaves his body @4:50 AM on binary date 01/11. Related: "It's time for you to see the fnords."
- Today's long read: How the Christian right is re-imagining U.S. history.