24 October 2005 By The Morning News — 24 Oct 2005 New York's currently: singing happy birthday Wilma comes ashore in southwestern Florida at 125 mph, a Category 3 storm. 15,000 people left homeless by the storm in Mexico. Counterterrorism experts confused by White House "top 10 foiled plots" when serious threats are neighbors to half-baked plans. Global peace breaks out; no one notices (see report here). U.S. researchers warn, sex among astronauts may derail missions to Mars. Seventeen people killed in Iraq on Sunday. To the everyday person, the knowledge of how invisibility works is a mystery. U.S. now reports body counts for insurgents killed. Calculating your New York Number: the amount of money it will take so you can stop working and never run out of cash. Conjoined twin has to buy a ticket for her sister's concerts. How are senators, like Bill Frist, able to demonstrate such uncanny investing smarts? L.A. cops bust character mascots who terrorize tourists on Hollywood Boulevard. How ATM fraud nearly brought down British banking. Manhattan restauranteurs respond to the Michelin Guide arriving in the city. It would be tragic if Mr. Bloomberg were remembered as the rich man who bought two elections. The Times endorses Bloomberg. Slavs of New York! Win a free copy of Gary Benchley, Rock Star by checking this page regularly. Halloween options for Gothamites. Interview with Orhan Pamuk, awaiting trial for talking about the massacres of Armenians (a case Turkey's ambassadors find very embarrassing). Video: Mitch Hedberg gallery.
