New York’s currently: measuring once, measuring twice

 After a night of U.S. air strikes in Fallujah, a suicide bomber detonates in Baghdad, killing at least five and wounding 20.

 Iraq, worse than you think: an average of 87 attacks per day on U.S. forces in August; at least 52 U.S. troops dead so far in September; more than 100 foreigners abducted since April, including two Americans and a Briton yesterday.

 Who will be the last American to die in Iraq?

 Hurricane Ivan hits Alabama, leaves 23 dead and a quarter of the population without power.

 The campaign trail: Kerry tells National Guard association that Bush is living in a “fantasy world,” National Guards respond with dismissal and crossed arms. And: Confident Bush enters Democratic fantasy world of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

 North Korea shows diplomats where the explosions occurred for the hydroelectric project that wasn’t a nuclear bomb experiment or anything, and South Korea says they were taken to a different spot.

 Lose that belly bracelet and that toe ring, because slutwear is out.

 Butcher hacks up estranged wife in broad daylight on a Washington Heights sidewalk.

 Why a new nickel and no new dime? No idea, but it’s here, and it has buffalos and bluffs.

 Your camera’s memory card was in a taxi; I have it now. I am going to post one of your pictures each day. I will also narrate as if I were you.

 A history of the New Yorker in the ’30s, its big names, quirky advertising standards, and that policy on Dubuque.

 Bagels were strung from island to island on special spaghetti, samosas were bowled at baguettes, Greek salads were thrown like confetti. Jonathan Safran Foer, “The Sixth Borough.”

 New report shows Iraq had every intention to create chemical and biological weapons, “though probably for use in assassinations, not to inflict mass casualties.”

 Video: Guy tries to… well he attempts, well just go watch it.

 Producer says Jude Law will not play Ian Curtis in upcoming Joy Division movie, and Moby is also not a part of the production. And: New Order remixes tend to have one or more of these characteristics… Related: Some kids just want to sit in the back of the auditorium and listen to Joy Division.

 An enormous thanks to yesterday’s generous benefactor! And to everyone: Have a great weekend.