Month February 2006

Headline of the month

Mystery blob eating downtown A mysterious black blob attacked downtown Los Angeles on Monday with a tar-like goo that oozed from manholes, buckled a street and unmoored a Raymond Chandler-era brick building, firefighters said.

Bluff called

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday warned U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice not to “mess with” him days after Rice described Venezuela as a menace to regional democracy. The warning comes days after Rice described Venezuela as one of…

True bribes

Ex-Malasian leader says he paid Abramoff Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Monday that disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was paid $1.2 million to organize his 2002 meeting with President Bush, but denied the money came from the Malaysian government. Mahathir…

Gear bags for geeks

The trouble with most gear bags is that they’re just overgrown briefcases with an added place to stash a laptop plus a few extra pockets. They weren’t designed specifically for laptops nor for hauling all the other stuff like power…