18 August 2008: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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McCain: the confused, oil-backed, hot-tempered candidate nobody knows.
McCain's spokeswoman gets a little heated when question arises about the candidate's cone of silence.
Challenges Obama will face in trying to flip North Carolina.
Putin is not Hitler or Stalin; he is not even Leonid Brezhnev. He is what he is, and that is bad enough.
The real politik of reality TV when it comes to Elle editors.
"It is considered too sexy for us." In Malaysia, Islamic party pushes for cancellation of Avril Lavigne concert.
After family picnicked next to two dead girls, Italian Roma population asks, "why do they hate us?"
After winning gold, Olympians will soon face an even greater challenge: the uncertainty of ordinary life.
American Christian group spends the night in Chinese airport, says they're not leaving until they get their Bibles back.
Print for the commute: Jon Stewart, the man America trusts most with their news.
Notes from the Maine blueberry harvest, where "wild" says less about Mother Nature and more about farmers' "guiding hands."
"We have a subprime financial system, not a subprime mortgage market." Notes from the economic soothsayer who nailed the recession first.
Diving for determination into the vast writings and films of Allen Koningsberg, or as you may know him, "Woody Allen."
The anthropology of YouTube: the ritual of Numa Numa, et al.
Gallery: Iconic 20th-century photos recreated with Legos.
