25 September 2006
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: the land of Silk and Splenda
Pentagon prepares for showdown after telling Rumsfeld the 2008 budget is billions of dollars short.
The FBI's investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks continues, though slowly, and with an endless list of suspects.
Life in Thailand after a coup--the same for tourists and residents alike, but with less traffic.
Power outage in Pakistan sparks false rumors of a coup; when the lights go out in Iraq, everybody curses "Generator Man."
Top Chinese Communist official fired over misuse of city's pension fund.
Chinese involvement in local business becomes an African election issue.
The Superdome will host its first post-Katrina game tonight--pre-game performances by U2, Green Day, coin toss by Bush Sr.
In Fox News interview, Bill Clinton defends record, wipes smirk off interviewer's face. (Video here.)
British soldiers allegedly smuggled guns out of Iraq, traded them for cocaine, smuggled that back in, then sold it to soldiers.
After 34 years in operation, a single-screen theater shutters, considers The Last Picture Show for its final showing.
Begin the clamor for a Sampras comeback.
Paul Ford rides his bicycle here and here.
Today in Digest: Robert Birnaum on the week in books.
In the average American home TVs now outnumber people.
Ventriloquist Jay Johnson (Soap) on our "wooden Americans."
New colonoscopy robot uses snail technology to surf on mucus.
In a Herzog-like stunt, German director Uwe Boll boxes his critics.
Miss Cleo not just real, also a lesbian.
Every one needs Jesus regardless of their ethnic background.
Time for pancakes, but too early to read.