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It's the small wildcats that naturalists are all excited about.

<I>Smithsonian</I> on girl groups.

Robert Love gives us some historical perspective on non-factual "news." My favorite bit comes from his report of a 1903 <I>Washington Post</I> article on the unreliability of news garnered by remote stringers.

I'm still surprised whenever approached by some faithless audiophile &#151; hair thinning, ears sagging, belly bulging &#151; and asked (seriously): "Do you think there's any hope for our industry?"

I'm on deadline, so of course all I can think about is dinner. Think I'll go upstairs and start some <A HREF="http://www.accesscom.com/~jfinger/recipes/chhole-sour-checkpeas.html">c…; cooking, steam up a bunch of brown basmati rice, and mix up a <A HREF="http://www.mediterrasian.com/delicious_recipes_raita.htm">raita</A>&mda… I'll add some fresh mint, cilantro, and a chopped, drained tomato to that last 'un.

According to Ephraim Lytle, far too much. I haven't seen the movie, but I have to admit I'm disturbed at the shoddy treatment of Demophilus' 700 Thespians, who heroically refused to withdraw with the rest of the Greek forces, and died with the Spartans.

<I>The Chronicle of Higher Education</I> makes the case that <I>Idol</I>'s popularity reflects "a hunger for realistic evaluation."