New York’s currently: talking real estate at parties

 18 U.N. inspectors arrive in Iraq, with 80-100 expected by January.

 Nigerian anti-beauty riots continue, killing more than 200. Related: Buckeyes celebrate victory over Michigan by burning cars and furniture.

 We’re trying not to sensationalize 5-year-olds having sex…We don’t want to alarm people who have 5-year-olds in classes all over the city…This has never happened before to my knowledge and very likely is never going to happen again. 5-year-old accused of performing oral sex in kindergarten.

 To wage war sooner, Bush-team looking for ways Iraq is not complying with U.N. resolution. Related: The President wishes you a happy Thanksgiving.

 Excellent political cartoons at clowncrack.com.

 Senate to pursue anti-abortion and religious agenda come January; Trent Lott says New Yorkers don’t eat meat.

 Stephen Spielberg trying to produce live-action Tintin movie.

 Miami claims tallest Christmas tree in the U.S. (though it had to be shipped from New York).

 ‘I was making lunch in the kitchen, and when I looked back, a monkey was standing in the hallway,’ said Teruko Iwasaki, 49, telling of the uninvited visitor to her Kagoshima home two months ago. ‘For a second, we looked at each other. Then I screamed, ‘Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!’ Monkeys carouse around rural Japan, looking for a free meal.

 Good photo of backyard wrestling, the anti-drug. Related: The official Backyard Wrestling Federation Web site, including video streams.

 How the Verazano Bridge fits into New York.

 My view is that popular fiction as it existed was just plain dumb, and literary fiction was either abstruse, or unbelievably boring. My premise in writing Presumed Innocent was that there was an island in between. That’s where I am now. Interview with Scott Turow.

 Laptop burns scientist’s penis.

 Anthony Lane on the appearance of a new Graham Greene-film.

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