13 August 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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Effective at the end of the month, Karl Rove will depart the White House--and also politics. (more here)
Sometimes Debka.com is wrong, like its NYC dirty bomb warning; sometimes it's really wrong, like when it reported the Chinese had teamed up with the Taliban.
Ten weeks ago, Afghani police excavated three freshly sealed caves, discovering mass graves--the latest of 88 similar sites found in the past year.
Mathematicians say it's either men or women who are fibbing about the number of sex partners they've had.
What you did on your summer vacation: studied abroad, resulting in kickbacks and your teacher's Audi; didn't work, didn't learn.
From the attic: What Kevin Fanning did on his summer vacation.
Laurie Lindeen will be reading in Portland, Ore., tonight and Seattle tomorrow.
Audio: Bill Cosby sings "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," changes the lyrics for the sake of social awareness.
On Nazi Pop Twins, the new BBC documentary about Prussian Blue. (video links included)
Hitchens reviews Potter, surmises seven-year-olds don't give a toot about Orwell.
Explorer meets breed of two-nosed dog in Bolivia, figures they'd be good at sniffing out narcotics.
A collection of Guardian pieces about the late, great patron saint of Manchester, Tony Wilson.
Woody Allen on Bergman; Martin Scorsese on Antonioni.
Talk show host, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune creator Merv Griffin dies, age 82.
