13 November 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 13 Nov 2007 Post music critic apologizes for insulting former crack-smoking D.C. mayor Marion Berry. At the center of a brutal Italian murder is an unlikely suspect: a twenty-year-old American study-abroad student. New issue of Murdaland; stories from the other side of America's obsession with murder. When buyouts slow down in the U.S., American private equity firms aim for China. TVs now aimed at customers in Borders stores. "Book rage" confronts booksellers as the Canadian dollar gains strength. Japan's government struggles to gain on a suicide trend that's claiming 90 lives a day; U.S. government aims to curb suicides among returning vets. I would eat the last panda if I could have all the money we have spent on panda conservation put back on the table for me to do more sensible things with. "Locavore" wins Oxford's Word of the Year: the trend of using locally grown ingredients. Why bad weather in Europe has American microbrewers worried about brand loyalty. Op: TV writers, reconsider your loyalty to the tube! Write a play! Hollywood hemming, hawing about strikes busting up their Oscar bids. Print for the commute home: Writers contribute three new fairy tales.
