13 October 2005 By The Morning News — 13 Oct 2005 New York's currently: a soul-crushing place to live sometimes FEMA spends $11 million a night to house Katrina evacuees in hotels. New Orleans mayor urges former residents to come home. List of federal rules waived post-Katrina. Pentagon plans for active-duty federal unit to handle at-home disasters or attacks. Trends in hyperbole: 2005 may become the hottest year ever. The names of the President and various cabinet members according to their etymological backgrounds. Scientists hunt for other ways to make stem cells. Explainer: Why the most-watched TV show in St. Louis isn't equally popular in New York or Los Angeles. Well-connected New Yorkers were tipped off early to last week's terror threat. TMN's Choire Sicha on the cruising potential of Gotham's new parks. New York kids, find the condoms in your schools! Doctor Doom's top 10 euphemisms for sex. The smokers all around us are people of outstanding character. Chinese government testifies for cigarettes. For the second day in a row, suicide bomber strikes northern Iraqi town of Tall Afar, killing 30. Fisk: Iraqis are more worried about being kidnapped than what's happening with the constitution. Just prior to report on the killing of Rafik Hariri, Syrian interior minister's death apparently a suicide. FDA considers at-home AIDS test. MIT machine makes dishes on demand, then recycles them when you're done eating. Beef sommeliers to shepherd U.S. steaks to Japanese diners. Remarkable things done in Japan with Moleskine notebooks. Op: Criticizing nominee Miers isn't sexist--nominating her because she's a woman is. Ten sample questions for Harriet Miers. Instant message me or just call! I'm usually up, baking or just chilling! Letters from Harriet Miers to Angela Merkel, Kate Moss. Roth denied again, this time as Harold Pinter wins Nobel Prize. Paradise Lost goes Hollywood. Park Slopers should know their neighborhood was once the scene of the country's worst air disaster. Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn: Better than it was 20 years ago. In lieu of flowers, please send acerbic letters to Republicans. Classy obit for Theodore Roosevelt Heller. Watch for today's Benchley give-away quiz!
