18 December 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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Following Russian delivery of nuclear fuel, White House says Iran doesn't need to enrich, since they're having it sent in.
U.S. picks its allies in Iraq, hands Turkey intelligence on Kurdish rebels' locations.
Castro, who turned over power to his brother last year and hasn't been seen in public since, hints that he may be retiring.
Because everybody likes Letterman better, he'll be allowed to return with his writers--Leno, O'Brien will be back, but sans scribes.
Egyptians compete for piousness, checking who's the bigger zebibah--the dark circle of forehead skin from praying.
"For us Finns, it's not a negative symbol." But others may raise eyebrows at your silver swastika ring.
The perils of staging a living nativity--from hefty insurance policies to taming donkeys, four-month-olds.
"[It's] amusing that a song that has been one of the best-loved Christmas tunes should suddenly have been deemed offensive." Radio 1 to censor "faggot" and "slut" from the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York."
An explanation of why "Hot or Not" is the best way to elect a president.
How to hack an automatic faucet in a public restroom.
In this month's In Hindsight, Nicole Pasulka hunts the superbug throughout the year in news.
Plague and pestilence aside, medieval peasants' lifestyle--weak beer, lots of vegetables, manual labor--was the epitome of health.
San Francisco mayor proposes fees on stores that sell drinks with high-fructose corn syrup.
The "contentious academic forum" that is the consumer-written online product review.
