22 December 2005
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: three hours late, just like everybody else
Transit talks resume, MTA runs ads urging employees to return to work.
How do you end a transit strike, anyway? Now that's a good question.
Because you can't just hire 33,700 new people--and other good reasons why Pataki can't simply fire all the transit workers.
London tube workers set to strike on New Year's Eve.
In Senate vote, Patriot Act will live for another six months--much to the White House's chagrin.
Senate blocks drilling in Alaskan wildlife refuge, at least for now.
Meanwhile in Canada, Supreme Court rules that group sex clubs can stay open.
Saddam Hussein claims abuse while in U.S. custody, no word on whether or not he offered pointers.
NSA gets uneasy over Bush's claims of surveillance--they say they really do get warrants and everything.
The Department of Homeland Security was troubled from its onset--for starters, it needed some serious branding.
It would be best not to forget how the Clinton administration defended the right to carry on extra-legal detentions at Guantanamo.
Letterman not allowed to "think of" Santa Fe woman.
Uh oh: Bird flu appears to be developing resistance to Tamiflu.
Want to see what's on cable? It is a plane in trouble.
Scientists discover the origin of pot munchies; next they will be studying the tracer effect.
First item: Woody Allen doesn't like technology, but he needs the eggs. (scroll to the bottom)
Former Masterpiece Theater host Alistair Cooke's bones reportedly stolen.
Inventor of light beer dies at 86.
Parents avoid mall with phone calls from Santa.
Paul Auster, "Augie Wren's Christmas Story."
