12 November 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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"These kinds of incidents are upsetting for the guys." On Saturday, a guard from DynCorp shot, killed an Iraqi civilian--apparently unprovoked.
Federal prisons consider release of 19,500 inmates convicted on crack charges.
The brewing legal battles over retroactive sentence increases for prisoners--"life sentence" did not always used to mean "life in prison."
Menand on Mailer: He was a slugger. He swung at everything, and when he missed he missed by a mile... but when he connected...
A guide to Mailer's work: the best, the worst, and the stuff you should take a risk on. And: Why Mailer mattered.
Musharraf promises election by early January, but sets no timetable for the end of emergency rule--critics say credible elections can't happen under martial law.
Recalling Musharraf's cross-country, gymnastics, and bodybuilding achievements, and the lessons he's learned from small dogs.
Putin honors George Koval, the American-born Soviet agent who infiltrated the Manhattan Project.
Houston's new opera honors those "not from here"--a message to the city's more than 1 million foreign-born residents.
Researchers say curvy women may also have increased intelligence--it's the fatty acids on the hips, apparently.
"Young women were beautifully dressed, like today's girls in short tops and mini skirts." Archeologists uncover fashion figurines--prehistoric Bratz?
Photographer of the Marlboro Marine tries to help his famous subject's post-traumatic stress syndrome. (part one here)
Photos: Half-and-half faces of immediate family members.
