Headlines from November 19, 2009
- Reid introduces public option bill to the Senate, locates funds for the legislation in elective cosmetic procedures.
- Some claim doctors' neckties harbor disease; for physicians who don't want to lose the air of formality, there is now antimicrobial neckwear.
- Exercise makes you less anxious; heavy alcohol consumption reduces risk of heart disease.
- Scientists give mummies CT scans, find ancient heart disease.
- The five hot dogs that will kill you.
- Tell us your unusual, your unique, your nontraditional holiday traditions.
- New research says that fearless toddlers are more likely to commit crimes later in life.
- I'm at the Brooklyn Bridge, intent on stalking rogue, tour-guideless tourists. TMN's Leah Finnegan finds out who's traveling to Brooklyn.
- This week, H&H Bagels and B&H Electronics headed into New York courts on unrelated charges.
- New York police and prosecutors investigate newspaper delivery union for bribery, favoritism.
- Colum McCann wins the National Book Award for fiction; Robert Birnbaum's 2007 chat with McCann.
- Bookmaking illustrated in 3,000 photos.
- Sexting takes hold of the elderly.
- I invariably observe that the majority of the other hydro-phobes keeping pace with me are firmly in the females-over-fifty set.
- Amid the collective Middle East nightmare, a few notes on candidates should Abbas step down.
- Marines' PowerPoint, made for other marines, about the softer side of counterinsurgency.
- Instapaper for the commute: Riveting story of the feared Texas judge indicted for sex crimes.
- See also: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church?
- Op: Women's ski jumping is an indicator of cohesive democracy.
- Palin's stylist comes forward to protect her retail honor.
- Emeril got bam, I got Shaka. Extended interview with Coolio about cooking.
- Story of the single most desired artwork of all time--neither under-protected, nor portable, yet frequently stolen.
- Useful general-audience story on how to proactively guard against identity fraud online.
- Greater proportion of black people than white people among the internet-using population on Twitter.
- Catalog of sources for pictures of hipsters' interiors.
- Minnesota father only spoke Klingon to his child for three years--he's not a Trekkie, just a businessman selling translation.
- Father tells his son the second-worst swearword in the world.
- Philip Roth, Nick Cave shortlisted for this year's Bad Sex prize.
- Argument for much more sex to be shown if publishers insist on creating video trailers for new books.
- Warhol's foray into children's literature: The Little Red Hen.