1 February 2007: Evening By The Morning News — 01 Feb 2007 Apparently, anything can be mistaken for a bomb these days. Times publishes photos of sergeant's death in Baghdad--but neglects to inform his family first. Scientists convene to produce international report on the factors behind global warming; U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Green Building Council have cities across the country working toward civic eco-friendliness. In NPR interview, Bush reveals Cheney to be a "half-glass-full" kind of guy. Excerpts from Bush's meeting with the Wall Street Journal's editorial board. In this beleaguered city of 1.2 million outside Mexico City, 1,200 police officers are reading Bertolt Brecht and Raymond Carver and carrying around poetry anthologies, all in an effort to become more "enlightened." Penguin plans wiki-novel, A Million Penguins. Tranquilize the kids: The new Harry Potter book hits shelves July 21; control yourself: Potter's dropped trou. "It will make the mud tired. We're killing the mud softly." Geophysicists try to plug an Indonesian volcano. TV-viewing doctor calls in suspicious lump on Irish Foreign Minister's face. Oh, Guinness, do you really want to be encouraging that? "Many people did not care for Pat Buchanan's speech; it probably sounded better in the original German." And more gems from Molly Ivins. The Texas Observer posts a loving tribute to Ms. I.
