19 May 2008: Morning By The Morning News — 19 May 2008 China deploys armed guards to protect pandas in quake's aftermath; Japanese officials: We don't like pandas very much. "We knew we were in trouble when the Serbs stopped delivering our flour." Through war, upheaval, and independence, Kosovoan bakers just keep baking. Reminding critics of the Soviet era, Putin creates an executive body within the Kremlin. California annuls "no-longer necessary statute" banning members of the Communist Party from public agencies. Russian religious cult trying to hide in an underground cave until the end of the world is thwarted by corpse fumes. Two-thirds of the subway elevators...had at least one breakdown last year in which passengers were trapped inside; map of faulty MTA elevators. Out of options and desperate for funds, McCain taps Republican Party, who--to McCain's chagrin--will tap dollar-magnet W. Why some feminist leaders have thrown their support Obama's way: It's not about gender. "We did silly stuff, like talk about David Geffen." Clinton's staff members comment anonymously on what went wrong. Forty years of presidential campaign logos. Resurrecting a defunct brand has as much to do with what consumers misremember as what they recall. Video: Drew Burrows's interactive sleeping partner. Erik Satie, great-great-grandfather of shoegaze rock, has a birthday.
