New York’s currently: cloudy with an 80 percent chance of not being Aruba

 Kerry grabs five more states, Edwards takes South Carolina, Clark snags a close win in Oklahoma.

 Details behind Russia’s black widow killers, including history of reported strikes.

 White House scrambles after Powell says he may not have recommended an invasion in Iraq had he known Hussein didn’t have weapons.

 Journalist becomes car salesman, writes up confessions.

 Anatomist artist accused of buying executed corpses.

 Dub Dub’s budgets: Unrealistic and dangerous on defense, puffy clouds and wayward promises, lies, lies, lies.

 Ninja teaches Paris Hilton, other socialites how to swivel on catwalks.

 Kerry came back because he’s an homme serioux – that’s French for a man with gravitas – which is what people want. Turns out Richard Nixon says the same things about the Democratic candidates as any other talking head.

 Hard-to-pronounce New York names under spotlights, including COR-ee SEE-kah.

 The Nation asks Nader not to run.

 Exit polls show Kerry’s weak when people want a candidate to care about them.

 First chapter of typographers making words.

 A bit late to this, but still: Former presidential speechwriter annotates the State of the Union Address.

 History of bad intelligence in American acts of war.

 There’s still time (until Friday) to catch Winter Restaurant Week.

 The making of Outkast’s ‘Hey Ya!’

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A big ha-choo of thanks to yesterday’s donor who made us forget our cold for a moment