“Palestinians wearing Israeli army uniforms detonated a roadside bomb near an armored bus Tuesday and then sprayed automatic fire at Israeli civilians as they fled near a West Bank settlement, authorities and witnesses said. Seven people were killed and more than a dozen wounded.” The gunmen fled the scene and were being pursued by army helicopters. It was the first deadly attack on Israeli civilians since June 20 and came

The Washington Post’s Richard Cohen argues that many Black democrats would gladly abandon their scruples and vote republican just to see a Vice President with (kinda) dark skin living in the Big White House: Bush is not the sort of Republican to kiss off the black vote. The first time he ran for governor of Texas, he got just 15 percent of the black vote. Four years later, he got

“Ukraine’s police have arrested three men and a woman on suspicion of murdering five people and then eating their flesh,” Reuters reports. ‘During the last case they killed a young woman in a forest and then cut out fleshy parts of the body and ate them. This is horrible,’ a spokeswoman for police in central Ukraine said on Monday. She said the four suspected cannibals were a husband and wife,

“A gang of robbers dressed as clowns tied up a shopkeeper and pointed a shotgun at him before they were chased through Manchester city centre. “The three men in fancy dress entered Brannigans in Peter Street at 1000 BST on Monday,” The BBC reports. They handcuffed the trainee manager and threatened him with a sawn-off shotgun and a 10-inch knife before they fled with a small amount of money. Their

…Now, to whom might I dedicate this Claudia Winkler excerpt… It is not American cultural imperialism to believe that the principles of popular sovereignty are part of the solution in the Islamic world, or to act on that belief. Says Carl Gershman, president of the National Endowment for Democracy, who has thought about these issues as much as anyone alive, ‘Our job is to provide as much help to all

“Federal officials have sued a Pembroke Pines man over custody of a moon rock. “Well, technically, they sued the rock,” The Miami Herald reports. In United States of America vs. One Lucite Ball Containing Lunar Material, federal lawyers argue that the Republic of Honduras is the rightful owner of said rock. But retired businessman Alan Rosen, who lives in Pembroke Pines, said he bought the rock fair-and-square from a retired

“The Meow Mix Company announced plans to launch television programming targeted specifically for cats, according to Local 6 News [in Central Florida]. “The program, which is scheduled to launch this fall, will feature visuals that are appealing to cats, such as birds, mice and bouncing balls.” In addition, there will be information about cats for owners to watch. The idea to begin the show reportedly came from research that found

You know what’s kinda cool? Steganography. Brendan O’Neill: Biggest tool around. (And perhaps the dullest tool, too). I just love stuff like this.

Jeez. I feel so, well…scolded, frankly. Such a silly little well wisher I am. Quick question, though: are most Iranians really Arabs, Brendan…? Or is that just, y’know — the kind of license granted professional journalists like you? P.S. You’re a jackass, but that’ll just be our little secret. But do please grow up, won’t you…?