17 September 2007: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Blackwater loses license to operate in Iraq after they're blamed for shooting deaths of 11 civilians.
Man behind Litvinenko's polonium poisoning angles for a seat in the Russian Parliament--as well as immunity from prosecution.
International donors to pay for new concrete shell around Chernobyl plant.
Art therapy with post-Katrina kids reveals roofs, snakes, and deep-seated trauma.
"Illegal expenditures of $100 million can decide a presidential election." Attempting to regulate campaigning by free agent political groups.
European Court of Justice upholds half-billion dollar fine against Microsoft for violating competition laws.
AOL moving to New York, dropping that whole "AOL"-thing in favor of advertising.
Russia works up to a Mars mission with a 520-day test run for cosmonauts. (Cosmonaut applications still being taken.)
It's difficult to make the case that re-zoning of Tuscaloosa schools isn't racially motivated.
"In fact, it's Jon's second time--he was here last week already." Larry Craig's toilet stall is quite the tourist attraction.
In this week's Gallery, Aaron Hobson's beginner photos capture an ominous American landscape.
The Scots mummified their dead, too, in a festive tartan.
Mike Rowe from the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs doing some real dirty work.
Video: Gorilla, Phil Collins, Cadbury chocolate, together at last.
