14 August 2006
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: wondering if Devorah Rose is real
Calm during cease-fire holds, despite Israeli troops' killing of a Hezbollah man who fired on them.
The Christian Science Monitor's Jill Carroll begins to tell her story.
White House denies helping Israel attack Hezbollah in order to target Iran, as contended by Hersh.
Adman looks back, realizes BP's "beyond petroleum" is just advertising.
The odds are virtually 100 percent that every person on Earth is descended from one royal personage or another.
Terminal sedation may be called euthanasia by some, but it's not illegal.
Lamont, Lieberman's nemesis, thanked his bloggers with champagne--and what bloggers they were!
Trimalchio in West Egg and other bad titles.
Backyard paradises created by visionary artists (e.g., Joseph Zoettl's grotto).
TMN named one of Time's 50 coolest websites.
How to do the world's best card trick; how to become a regular in a restaurant.
Big players insist the game of the little ball will survive tests for steroids.
Rising Sun Anger Release Bar releases anger in the country next to the Land of the Rising Sun.
Germany shocked to learn Nobel-winner Günter Grass was once a member of the SS.
Frank: The government's generalized statements that instill fear are playing into terrorists' hands.
Design critique of American state flags.
Sophia Loren, recently voted world's most naturally beautiful person, attributes youth to bathing in the blood of virgin olives.
Infectious awareables, e.g., the SARS necktie.
The White House would like to remind politicians that they serve at the pleasure of the President.
PDF excerpt from John Warner's new book, Encyclopedia Brown And the Mysterious Presidency of George W. Bush.
Today in Digest: Robert Birnbaum's books of the week.
Feeling impotent at the video store? Try "Not Coming to a Theater Near You."
Dawn of the knitted dead.
Twelfth Night Extended-Stay Apartments. Small businesses poorly named after classic literature.
