17 August 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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Earthquake death toll continues to climb in Peru, nearing 500; workers are on a frantic search for survivors.
Was Giuliani, as he asserts, at ground zero "as often, if not more" than recovery workers? Records show him there for 29 hours; responders logged 12 hours a day. (graph here)
Seismic shudders at Utah mine recovery site kill three rescuers, may end the search.
Parts supplier defrauds Pentagon for over $20 million in shipping costs--including $998,798 to send two 19-cent washers.
FBI director's notes during Ashcroft's hospital stay contradict testimony by Gonzales that the attorney general was "lucid."
Citing that he's never publicly been cleared over intimidation charges, Steven Seagal claims the FBI killed his career.
Practicing for Olympic traffic, Beijing bans a million cars from its streets for the next four days.
Chinese couple say they want to name their child "@"--when translated, it sort of means "love him."
The last of the beboppers, legendary percussionist Max Roach, dies at 83.
Video: Roach takes a solo; more drum soloing than you can shake a stick at in last week's Video Digest.
An interview with musician Edwyn Collins; two years ago he suffered a stroke that left him unable to talk, now he's singing again
Between 1946 and 1972, psychiatrist Walter Freeman performed thousands of transorbital--or "ice pick"--lobotomies; here are recent interviews with some of his patients.
"Well, if we knew you were coming we would have baked you a cake." Stephen King mistaken for a vandal at Australian bookstore.
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Anatomical tattoos are rad. See also: How to give a tattoo.
