12 August 2009: Morning
By The Morning News
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"They use their political allies to scare and mislead the American people." Obama enters the health-care fray at a town-hall meeting.
Op: With fascism in Iran, university presidents are again succumbing to tolerance and apathy when they could be taking influential stands.
Ehrenreich: In defiance of all reason and compassion, the criminalization of poverty has actually been intensifying.
Brazilian TV host investigated for organizing executions to boost ratings for lunchtime crime show.
In the shadow of the Taconic Parkway tragedy, Babble editor slams blog jokes about "better parenting through alcohol."
"We'll just be patient. But they will all go to hell." In Iraq, Shiites refuse to retaliate against Sunni attacks.
The common tool in keeping onions fresh, waxing skis, and growing melons: pantyhose.
Hoping to erase that telltale mileage, we raised the back on a pair of jacks. Edward McNally, who had 27 absences in his senior year, grew up on the same street as John Hughes.
For a special anniversary edition of "Of Recent Note" tell us: Where were you when the lights went out?
Misspelled signs in New York.
I felt a couple of tugs and looked to my left to see a couple of my fellow divers guiding her body up through the depths. A physician's account of working with cadavers.
The life of a B-movie zombie.
An analysis of "Choose Your Own Adventure" outcomes shows that most likely, you'll die.