21 December 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 21 Dec 2009 Senate votes to end health care debate, set a final vote for Christmas Eve. Fantasy geopolitics is the new fantasy football. This year, it's unlikely New Yorkers can spare the generosity to grant wishes in the letters to Santa that pile up at the post office. James Cameron and Peter Jackson chat about jet lag and what it's like making the most technologically advanced movies in human history. "The first ones they kill will be you." Chief at one of Mexico's most troubled police departments reaches out to crooked cops. Following a larger trend, an Austin bookstore reports shoplifting at about a book an hour. Laredo, Texas: the largest American city without a bookstore. No one ever seems to write about how trammeled most shores actually are these days. Suzanne Vega reviews a new Macca bio. [Donation After Cardiac Death] requires doctors to confront the shadowy question of exactly when somebody dies after the heart stops. Photos: Whale corpses beget new underwater communities. Video: The deepest ever volcanic eruption, 4,000 feet below the Pacific's surface. [It's] like watching a film with a fan who knows every single line. The band that performs DJ Shadow's Endtroducing from start to finish.
