Today on the Hotplate

"We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons..." - Alfred E. Newman

• Poetry scholar dissects Dylan's lyrics
• GREENPEACE wants whaling ban
• Martin cabinet avoids any whiff of scandal
• US death toll in Iraq reaches 900
• Pollution forces Egypt to move statue of god-king
• Project to protect biodiversity in Mekong Basin launched
• Judge shocked at cruelty as murderers jailed
• Gray wolf cut from endangered species list
• The ''cutting'' truth on beheadings
• Emmanuil And Janet Snitkovsky — Paintings
• A Vesper to a 'Scream'
• Bonfire of the Holocausts
• Some industries want protection from coho Endangered Species listing
• Dateless in Christianville
• Gallery told: Keep naked sculpture under wraps