12 October 2004
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: sunny and cold, with everyone in blazers
Senate passes $137 billion paycheck for lobbyists, a corruption nightmare any way you look at it.
Germans work hard to improve their manners.
Karzai's challengers in Afghanistan agree to election inquiry.
How 29 high-school freshmen and sophomores, in one month, got 17 letters printed in the Times.
Stories of solo flights, capes, and literature in the life of Christopher Reeve.
Anticipating the political career of former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic.
Times public editor passes torch, says paper doesn't prefer one candidate over the other.
Houston Astros win first playoff series in 43 years of existence.
I am constantly disturbed by what I did in the bush. Accounts of children abducted in Uganda.
Interview with Slate founder Michael Kinsley, describing why newspapers can't call lies when they see them.
New York's best characters, including "Best Anonymous Sex Symbol: Neckface."
Bones found in reputed mob cemetery in Queens.
Videos: Terrifying first-person account of Manhattan on a bike, and a terrifying Carl Lewis music video made in the gym.
Fashion magazine for Mormon teens: Modest clothing, positive media, and clean music reviewed.
Central Park to host 50 truckloads of tag sale this week.
Jonathan Franzen, who is voting for Kerry because his wife is hot hot hot, among novelists to warn us about their votes.
Videos: Short films by Pes, including "Drowning Nut."
Quiz from the 2004 campaign for president.
Life is short, enjoy it, take your girl and run away. Profile of Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, author of craze book Snow.
Watercolors by Warren E. Saul; drawings by Mark Lewis Hodgson.