15 August 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 15 Aug 2007 Hope fades for trapped Utah miners, though more dramatic rescues have been made. Nation's largest food aid donor questions the basic theories behind their work--turning down $45 million in the process. Agricultural experts warn all the rice in China isn't worth a barrel of potatoes. Residents of near-Arctic Sakhalin Island watch an oil boom pass them by; time running out to claim the North Pole for your own. "Cartographers don't lie, but they take a position." Custom globe-makers disappear, re-color countries as warranted. YouTube seeks Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert deposition in case brought by Viacom. Imus settles with CBS just as first Rutgers player files for character defamation. NYT mourns the death of the original NYT building; can't locate anyone to comment. "This is no different from the Houston Rockets working with Yao Ming, or Jackie Chan in Hollywood movies." Martin Luther King memorial to be "Made in China"--with mixed feelings. "No appeal," beg dry cleaners unsuccessfully sued by judge for $54 million--and no dice. Clubs are despicable. Cramped, overpriced furnaces with sticky walls. Witness a lot of anger aimed at your weekend plans. In today's Mp3 Digest, Andrew Womack says goodbye to Tony Wilson in true, hyperlinked style. Childhood obesity study says pregnancy is no excuse to chow down. R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet is online and up to episode 15.
