17 August 2005 By The Morning News — 17 Aug 2005 New York's currently: turning the sidewalks and subways into a makeshift gym Gaza eviction deadline passes, and Israeli soldiers begin removing settlers, forcibly in some cases. Colombian airliner crashes in Venezuela, killing all 160 passengers; experts insist safety is improving, despite recent accidents. Violence resurges in Baghdad with a series of car bomb attacks, killing 43. "People are always misunderstanding each other. You can never think you have the last word on any human heart." Kinky Friedman for governor. Happy Birthday Penguin: These paperbacks have never looked better. In the last five days six people have died in heroin-related deaths below 14th Street. Pope asks Bush for immunity in lawsuit that accuses the pontiff of covering up a molestation in Texas. Inquiry into shooting death of suspect in London turns up troubling inconsistencies in police reports. Scientists say your DNA is not your destiny; George Saunders says at least it shouldn't be. Have editors become an endangered species? Brilliant: Roger Ebert offers a few choice words to Deuce Bigalow. (Alternate link here.) Op: Bushes say there's nothing better than a vacation during wartime. "Color it in weathered steel." What happens when architects create coloring books. Someday we will all go on our "Billgramage." There's always one member of a Britpop band who's still in music--many, though, have gone back to college. Four arrested in Brooklyn beating of black man 10 days ago. Officials concerned that planned attacks on synagogues and National Guard centers in Southern California were conspired by inmates and Islamic extremists. Russian cows to be fed marijuana, outcome of milk unknown. Churches divided over Da Vinci Code filming. Laptop sale in Virginia turns into stampede.
