17 December 2007: Morning By The Morning News — 17 Dec 2007 Thirty years after being hired by the CIA, Laotian fighters are deep in the jungle, and on the run. "The Iraq war is so over... Even if it goes on for another 10 years." Citing shifts in violence, Pentagon urges troop withdrawal from Iraq, deployment to Afghanistan. Mike Huckabee (not "Huckleberry") may just be the answer to evangelicals' prayers. Good news for those who haven't done their shopping: Gift cards are "in." Man receives an $83,000 phone bill after letting his son use his cell phone as a modem. The goal was to raise as much money as possible for Ron Paul on the internet in one day: Yesterday's result was $6 million. Sociologists view Facebook as a trove of research, suggest those with too many friends are insecure. Researchers say self-Googling has doubled in the past year. Striking writers in Hollywood targeted by venture capitalists from every which coast. It turns out the ancient Romans knew a few things about superglue. English is a minority language in more than one in 20 British schools. And the first western artist to perform in Iran since 1979 will be... Chris "The Lady in Red" de Burgh. Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg dies, age 56; mp3: "Same Auld Lang Syne."
