New York’s currently: so-fisticated
Bush plans to bring democracy to Iran, Syria – and Egypt. Related: Arabs meet Bush’s statement with agreement and wariness.
U.S. Army helicopter crashes near Tikrit, six die.
N.Y. federal judge blocks partial-birth abortion ban for seven doctors.
Number of post offices close in D.C. anthrax scare.
Prime Minister returns to Sri Lanka, calls for return of parliament.
Joan Kroc, late widow of McDonald’s founder, leaves NPR its largest donation ever – $200 million (almost double NPR’s annual operating budget). Related: McDonald’s to give away one billion iTunes tracks in a marketing campaign.
To direct he hired William ‘One Shot’ Beaudine (so named because he never did a second take), who dated back to the Bowery Boys serials and had made over 200 B movies. He made the whole film in six days in 1944. Joe Bob Briggs on Kroger Babb, Mom and Dad, and sex-hygiene films as porn.
‘The Time Between Ordering and Eating’ by Kevin Fanning.
‘Like, today I went to ABC Carpet. The reason you don’t hear about that is because it’s not fit to print in rock mags.’ Ryan Adams, Parker ‘Parks’ Posey, and a pleasantly entertaining interview.
British former shipbuilding town protests plans to dismantle retired U.S. Navy vessels there.
Despite everything, R. Kelly still has it.
Jessica Lynch claims she was used for propaganda.
When ‘no problem’ replaces ‘thank you,’ chaos replaces order.
Dr. Robert Nemiroff of the Astronomy Picture of the Day will be giving a free lecture tonight at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. [thanks j3s]
