Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Page 1 Consider (09/19)

  • Golden Boy's Golden Years: After 10 years, 94 caps, 17 goals and a similar number of hairstyles, David Beckham seems to have conceded that his England career is over. Career two: A&F model? (Australian)

  • Parents of the Year: Police charged a Maine couple on Monday of kidnapping their pregnant 19-year-old daughter, who was bound with rope and duct tape and bundled into her parents' car to force her to have an emergency abortion. Apparently Mom and Dad didn't approve of the young woman's choice in men. (Reuters)

  • The Missing Link: Just when I thought I was beginning to understand how search engines like Yahoo and Google make money this court ruling has me even more confused than ever about the future of the Internet. Papers in Belgium don't want search engines driving traffic to their sites. Huh? Like I'd ever go there otherwise. (FT.com)

  • This is Adorable: Hilda Shlick thought she lost nearly all her family in the Holocaust -- until her Internet-savvy grandsons located her 81-year-old brother in Canada. "After 65 years, I have found the sister who I love," Simon Glasberg said Monday in heavily accented English, his eyes filling with tears. "I can't stop kissing her." (And from the looks of things who could blame him?) (AP)

  • This Headline Sucks: "Increasing numbers of straight men admit having gay sex, study finds" (Advocate)

  • Try Not to Let the Bedbugs Bite: If mice and roaches aren't enough for you, try this: New York City is experiencing a dramatic resurgence in bedbugs --those pesky oval insects that hide in the crevices of furniture and feast on human blood at night -- and officials are confounded about how best to respond. (NYT)

  • Capitol Hill Cocksuckers: Someone needs to straighten those people out. (NYT)

  • Life and How to Live It: The four original members of R.E.M. gave a rare performance Saturday night as the group was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. The group, which formed in Athens, Ga., in 1980, has won three Grammys and sold more than 70 million records. It has performed as a quartet only a handful of times since 1997, when drummer Bill Berry left the group after suffering a brain aneurysm onstage in 1995. (AP)

  • Oops, She Did It Again: Once again herpes mouth Justine Henin-Hardenne robs her opponent (well, this time opponents) of a huge moment by retiring in the midst of a huge match. This time she screwed over the country of Italy. (AP)
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