22 September 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 22 Sep 2010 Obama's pledge to close Gitmo has come up short--officials fear Republican wins could prevent it altogether. Residents of a Staten Island beach community fight eviction; the land was purchased by the city for a highway never built. Titanic officer's granddaughter reveals new reasons for the tragedy in her upcoming novel. Computer model depicts how a strong east wind could have parted the Red Sea. In Scotland, unemployment hits a 14-year peak; officials pledge support to the poorest families. In the U.S., Tea Partiers accuse the jobless of not working because unemployment benefits are too good. For this month's "Of Recent Note," tell us who you wish could tweet from the beyond. From memory-enhancing potato nutrients to morphine-like milk chemicals, the brain treats food as just another drug. Scientists and developers fight over the fate of a Russian seed bank whose genes may not be duplicated elsewhere. Interview with alien-obsessed chess champion and Russian politician Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Researchers isolate a "Homer Simpson gene" that makes people dumber. How a lawyer squatted for seven months in an abandoned office suite in the Empire State Building.
