13 June 2002
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: weathering hot nights
Republican attempt to repeal estate tax dies in Senate.
New doctors get new rules, limiting residents' workweek to 80 hours.
South Africa: Mandela asks Durban playwright to apologize for song slandering Indians.
Comforting: EPA head Whitman claims ignorance of global warming report that Bush, after dismissing it as a bureaucracy-product, claimed to read, then had White House explain read meant told about.
Judge orders indecisive jury on Arthur Andersen case to reach a verdict.
Social Register gets trimmed at Forbes, socialites outdone by celebrities with no class.
Beijing Evening News apologizes for publishing Onion story, though criticizes satire paper as 'a publication that never ceases making up false reports.'
Osaka may close bridge to prevent joyous soccer fans from jumping.
Rolex starts mentor program, matching Toni Morrison, Robert Wilson, others with protégés.
Movies critiqued by an angry physicist. [via coudal]
We are late to this, but, oh well: Herd of Star Wars nerds attacked by Triumph, the insult dog. Related: Blackwolf the Dragonmaster, Duke of Talisker, has a website, of course. [via mp]
You will not know, but you will like this, this, and this. [via this]
