Headlines from March 5, 2007
- Vehicles carrying kidnapped British officials found partially burnt-out and riddled with bullets in Ethiopian village.
- German citizen held in secret CIA prison asks for a public day in court.
- American expert who publicly linked Litvinenko poisoning and the Kremlin is shot in apparent robbery attempt.
- Estonia becomes first country to hold a national election online.
- When it comes to illegal offshore gambling rings, no one ever suspects the oboist.
- Japan finds playground slides, incense holders missing in the night, and fingers China as the culprit.
- Fans pay $3,500 for a minute of Michael Jackson's time; Kanye West pays $3,900 for a take-away dinner.
- Today's long read: Time magazine in trouble again as a storied editor tries to sort it out.
- Gym's regular patrons request extra cleaning after nudists take over.
- In bicycling endocrinologist vs. roller-skating 11-year-old, nobody profits except the "accident reconstruction specialist."
- Roads around CN tower closed as falling ice chunks endanger Torontans.
- Sex offenders' treatment facility in Florida marred by sexual activity between inmates, employees.
- in New York, 64 fugitive offenders are being hunted by police, after providing fake addresses to authorities.
- U.S. Patent Office to open web submissions. Related: Everybody invented the mp3, and everybody wants to get paid.
- The Onion: "Unreleased Jimmy Page Guitar Riff to Be Retrieved From Secret Vault to Save Rock and Roll."
- Architects learn to beautify bollards, other anti-terror measures.
- In today's Book Digest, Jessica Francis Kane susses out daddy memoirs.
- New Kingsley Amis biography collapses the author and his work, and depicts a man who loved to bait.
- Lovely write-up on Family Ties' Alex P. Keaton, with videos.
- If you've signed up for our weekly email newsletter, you're going to find fun in your inbox every Friday afternoon.
- Lo and behold, evolutionary theory actually works. Meet newly discovered dinosaur species Albertaceratops Nesmoi.
- Photo: Fireworks and lightning above a Perth beach.
- No More Blank Tapes collects music videos by theme, including "dancing and posturing round a white-ish room" and videos featuring a hot pursuit."