12 October 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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Former vice president, presidential candidate, bearded nobody Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize for climate change work.
I'm the only one running for President who's actually made it work. When candidates say they're the only ones.
Dub-Dub and Laura sneakily find perfect window to infuriate Beijing, promote human rights, and take photos with the Dalai Lama.
Audio excerpts from laureate Doris Lessing's works; and a note for those who wonder if Newark (i.e., Philip Roth) will ever win the Nobel.
In case you missed it, Rebecca Mead's profile of Bobby Egan, North Korea's man in New Jersey.
Putin preserves Russia's place as Iran's protector and supplier, and says Sarkozy's got it wrong, the bomb is just a fable.
When Sarkozy wasn't looking, Paris's Harry Winston suffered one of the largest jewel heists ever ($28 million).
Contrary to what you normally hear about subprime mortgages, high-rate loans rose from 2004-2006 in every corner of the nation.
Since 1990, Africa has lost around $300 billion to armed conflict--equivalent to international aid from major donors in the same period.
Op: American courts need to protect writers and publishers from British libel.
Chinese woman can't afford to protect herself from a horn sprouting from her forehead; man grafts ear onto arm for art.
We want and deserve tin-can architecture in a tinhorn culture. Photos of the famed Penn Station New York wasn't able to protect, now that it's back on track.
Popularity of Radiohead's pay-what-you-will scheme pushes its servers off the rails; many internet-ers note how much they paid.
Ten epic Halloween costumes that have been making the rounds of the internet. See also: the left-brain/right-brain dancer that's been making the rounds of our email.
