19 September 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 19 Sep 2007 Israel declares Gaza a hostile territory in run-up to Sec. Rice's visit--good feelings all around. Witness intimidation--e.g., scalding with hot oil and murder--continues to make NJ gang prosecution difficult. Pol Pot's second-in-command arrested this morning, already charged by U.N.-backed war crimes court. Police taser rowdy student at Kerry speech, though rowdiness might have been a put-on. (Video here.) "Don't put that in the article that you had to tell me that." Bush remembers a card he sent. If a language dies in the forest and no one hears it, does it makes a sound? Yes--if someone's dissertation is riding on it. "I am very excited to have participated in one of the biggest album release weeks in the last two years." Kanye outsells 50 Cent, Fiddy backpedals retirement. In a case that escalated quickly, a 70-year-old great-grandmother is charged with not watering her lawn, resisting arrest. Court denies Harvard medical student (and new mom) nursing breaks during exam. Randolph-Macon Women's College lets in boys, finds the art collection is the first to go. Ach jah: Lufthansa flight attendants don dirndls for Oktoberfest. Paddington's creator denies selling out to Marmite. "Our friends have been really supportive, and they do come over and play Scrabble with us in the dark." New York's most green family makes you feel real guilty.
