Headlines from February 16, 2007
- Sending 17,500 troops to Iraq is only the "tip of the iceberg," says Army Chief of Staff.
- Horror stories of Valentine's Day travel.
- Clay Risen on Cheney's competition for Worst Vice-President Ever. See also, Risen on America's bipolar foreign policy.
- Animated flight patterns over the U.S.
- Map shows which side of the road certain countries drive on.
- New York geeks will recognize the Death Star in the Union Square subway station.
- Speaking of geeks, top 10 Darwinian pick-up lines. See also, robotic retinas, and love in the laboratory.
- Put your tiny kitchen's hot-water pipe to work.
- Aphrodisiac competition between oysters and chocolate requires judges to copulate between rounds.
- Chips and salsa are possibly 6,100 years old.
- List of secret off-the-menu items at restaurants, stores. See also, how to cadge complimentary drinks.
- Big list of places to watch TV for free online.
- Video: A lot of soft rock.
- Accused of murdering the American editor of Russian Forbes, suspects don't show up in court.
- Candidates for the next president of Russia.
- Rogue aid: Development assistance that stifles real progress while hurting ordinary citizens.
- A cheat sheet to the North Korean nuke deal.
- Pilot of hijacked Air Mauritania plane uses French, rough landing to foil bad guy.
- City of Oakland sues its own housing authority over terrible conditions of public housing.
- When I was in college, I marched against racism, and now there isn't racism anymore.
- Sarah Hepola in today's Digest tours the YouTube hits you were too busy to watch this week.
- The annual Defective Yeti "make your own Oscar pool" tool.
- Photos and best-ever tasting tour of an immaculate 65,000-bottle private wine cellar.
- Life-changing effects claimed for 20 comics.
- Missing early Cézanne to go on display in Florence in March.
- It's weird when you watch women's tennis now with all the grunting and shouting. It's a bit like phone sex. Robin Williams on tennis.
- Leave us a message (preferably not during sex) at 718-371-1016 to let us know how you're currently doing.