1 May 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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Head of al Qaeda in Iraq killed "in an 'internal battle' between militants."
Op: Reasons why the Middle East is backwards, irrelevant, fueled by Mussolini syndrome.
More than 100 U.S. soldiers killed in April, the year's deadliest month.
Five Britons found guilty of plotting foiled bomb attack; see links to 7/7, plotters, surveillance.
Hitchens pops Woodward one or two on his way to tearing down Tenet's new book.
Terrorism sharply on the rise in Iraq and Afghanistan last year.
The sinking ship spotted from the Verrazano yesterday thankfully intended to go under.
Pranks by highway engineers.
Going under, in short bursts: one-minute audio vacations.
Today's office music and perhaps tomorrow's: Beethoven's 9th symphony stretched to 24 hours, available online.
We can't say enough good things about Radio Lab.
Today's long read: David Byrne and scientist Daniel Levitin talk Pinker, music science, Aspergers.
Warhol is now the second-highest-grossing artist after Picasso, with 100,000 paintings on the market.
Also for sale: White House would like to rent Alaskan and Virginian coasts to oil and gas drillers.
Los Angeles prepares to be shut down by May Day marches.
TMN would like to know how many ABC interns are matching the "D.C. Madam's" phone numbers to the political yellow pages.
Sour grapes? Maybe the madam just doesn't know how to cook with vinegar.
Per Se gets calorie-counted; trivia and secrets about the French Laundry.
The Onion kills off Herbert F. Kornfeld, apparently in a case of photocopier violence.
Video: Do you remember life before the Segway?
