25 January 2008: Morning
By The Morning News
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Behind the stimulus package: Republicans agreed to extend benefits to non-taxpayers, Democrats agreed to wash Republicans' cars.
Op: On the fractured Republican Party, and each fracture's argument against the others.
Trader hid activity through hacked computers, defrauded French bank of $7.2 billion.
In the Australian Open semifinals, Djokovic beats Federer--who was gunning for his 11th straight Grand Slam final.
In California, workers permitted to use medical marijuana can still be fired if they test positive for the drug.
McLuhan, a stringy but handsome man at six foot two, with a literary moustache, could also have passed for a movie cowboy.
Un-written TV: Power of Ten, Battle of the Bods, and Moment of Truth--which is not hosted by Marky Mark.
...But no sign yet of I'm Thinking of a Number or Celebrity I'm Thinking of a Number.
California Assembly approves bill to ensure consent of the deceased prior to artistic use of their cadaver.
Video: Vampire Weekend, on the streets of Paris; Nick Cave, coming to get ya.
The real danger in this country, the real concern, is that we're not eating enough fish. A word for tuna lovers who fear mercury.
Starbucks tests the waters of a dollar cup.
According to one Polish letter-writer, "snail mail" gives the postal service too much credit.