January 2009
22 posts
In 2007, Dances with Wolves was selected for preservation in the United States...
– Dances with Wolves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
December 2008
17 posts
The breakup of the crew module and the crew’s subsequent exposure to hypersonic...
– New Report on ’03 Disaster Details How Astronauts Died - NYTimes.com
Some kid in his bedroom can literally make a million bucks just by writing a...
– The iPhone’s Golden Touch - washingtonpost.com
…Gazprom is $49.5 billion in debt. By comparison, the entire combined...
– Gazprom, Mighty Not So Long Ago, Is Reeling - NYTimes.com
He [President Bush] added that he was concerned about what President-elect...
– Car Bankruptcy Cited as Option by White House - NYTimes.com
In general, it’s safer to leave your hands unwashed than to leave them...
– Is soap “self-cleaning” because it’s soap? - By Daniel Engber - Slate Magazine
When a fly lands on a ceiling, does it execute a barrel roll or an inside...
– Why don’t we drop medical waste and nuclear waste into active volcanoes? - By Daniel Engber - Slate Magazine
Forty years of savings—the money I’d counted on to take me comfortably through...
– The Bag Lady Papers - The Daily Beast
Crude prices have fallen so low, producers have leased supertankers to store the...
– Oil tumbles below $40 for first time since 2004 - Yahoo! News
The labor force…has grown rapidly among those who have reached the ages at...
– Younger job-seekers have it worse - CNET News
According to the complaint, Mr. Madoff advised colleagues at the firm on...
– Prominent Trader Accused of Defrauding Clients - NYTimes.com
Last week, armed men abducted a well-known human rights activist, Jestina...
– Cholera Is Raging, Despite Denial by Mugabe - NYTimes.com
Inflation officially hit 231 million percent in July, but John Robertson, an...
– Cholera Is Raging, Despite Denial by Mugabe - NYTimes.com
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that in the last three decades, at least 79 local...
– Why is Chicago so corrupt? - By Daniel Engber - Slate Magazine
Every time H. M. performed the task, it struck him as an entirely new...
– H. M., an Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
For the next 55 years, each time he met a friend, each time he ate a meal, each...
– H. M., an Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
The share of all men ages 16 and over who are working is now at its lowest level...
– Workers Give Up - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com
For a bunch of small-government Republicans,” one former denizen of the White...
– On Washington - ‘Political Archaeologists’ Find Surprises During the Transition - NYTimes.com