17 August 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 17 Aug 2010 In Westhampton Beach, N.Y., a new bookstore comes to town and a war begins. From the attic: Pitchaya Sudbanthad's 2005 profile of Brooklyn's Freebird Books. Park Slope residents are unsure whether the white-painted stroller is a memorial or a warning. Mailer waxes on graffiti: "I sometimes go on Sunday to Seventh Avenue 86th Street station and spend the whole day watching my name go by." Talks break down between gay rights group and Target, who decline to donate equally to offset its earlier donation. How a golf course super learned to maintain his course naturally--after homebrew fungicides uprooted his wife's hair. In Japan, where baseball and soccer reign, young wrestlers struggle to keep sumo alive. Stanley McChrystal accepts job teaching a leadership course. Colombia turns infamous cocaine king's residence into tourist attraction. Pat Garrett's descendants put up a fight when New Mexico's departing governor considers pardoning Billy the Kid. Lawyers clash over whether Italy or Florence owns Michelangelo's David. Authorities, townsmen argue whether an Art Nouveau classic should be relocated to Prague. Two hundred Chinese citizens change their surname because it's too rare to be recognized.
