17 August 2004 By The Morning News — 17 Aug 2004 New York's currently: a bit upset when its hard drive decides to go kerplunk Venezuela's Chavez beats recall in election deemed free and fair. Governor Bush races to clean up Florida, hoping to learn from mistakes that followed hurricane Andrew. Only man in Kyoto permitted to cut geisha hair snubbed for blabbing sexy secrets on TV. Requiem for Nobel-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz. Mortar attack in central Baghdad kills five, delegation to meet with Sadr delayed by security concerns. Protesting Q&A from the front lines of the Republican Convention. So you keep a colored man in your closet to give you ideas. Interviews from Woody Allen's press tour for Bananas. Veteran city cop busted for attempted boy hunting. News of dissent within the unlikely-to-survive Prohibition Party. (See the PDF of their latest newsletter.) Saudi Arabia uses select parts of 9/11 report in 19-city radio campaign to defend national honor. Rules formerly stuck up a composer's ass. Reasons for everlasting uncertainty and agitation in the airline business. Video: Republicans shall feel welcome in the city of prep-school tryants. Press upset by President's taste for support groups as news venues. How Bush paid back Appalachia's coal industry by changing "waste" to "fill." Op-ed: It's not fair when a serial sex attacker wins millions, but what are you going to do? Tough-but-still-Dixie female politicans find success and Democratic salvation in the South.
