17 October 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 17 Oct 2007 Con Ed may sue NYC for July steam explosion in midtown--they claim a city leak could have caused the blast. Even New Yorkers get lost exiting the subway: City experiments with sidewalk compass decals. Related: How to walk in New York. The Virtual Vaudeville Project: Computer rendering of the Union Square Theatre at the turn of the century. Two Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence receive communion, priest apologizes, conservatives give birth to cow. Clearing the name of Europe's last witch, who was beheaded 90 years after the Salem trials. Drug-resistant staph infections are especially scary when they develop a taste for flesh. Berlin gasps--famous polar bear Knut is standing up. (video here) Nielsen ratings reveal TiVo hasn't stopped commercial watching. Study claims swearing at work reduces stress. To prevent the eventuality of their child's super-sweet 16, parents adopt a "no gifts" rule from year one. Accused of falsely advertising itself as a safe environment, Facebook will put in safeguards against stalkers, creeps. New hormone-free contraceptive works by blocking a gene needed for conception, without side effects. Paris Hilton wants to leave a mark on Rwanda.
