26 January 2005
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: hacking its lungs up all night long
White House predicts budget deficit will reach $427 billion this year; Officials insist they can still cut it in half by 2009.
31 marines feared dead in a helicopter crash in western Iraq--if confirmed, single worst loss of life for U.S. forces since 2003 invasion.
We vow to wash the streets of Baghdad with the voters' blood. Leaflets warn Iraqis not to vote on Sunday.
Both parties agree Rice will be confirmed as secretary of state, but Democrats shred her standard of honesty.
MTA now vows all A and C trains will resume full service by September at the latest.
Op: Bush's idealism is wonderful in rhetoric, and astonishingly disconnected from reality.
Unusual articles on Wikipedia offer a full week's worth of reading.
NY women sift through restaurants for the most appealing facial lighting, in a city where the best restaurants are stuck in a mall.
Steve Martin remembers Johnny; the great Kenneth Tynan on the great Carson.
What you can do with Antarctica: Claim it! Watch it melt!
China's economy re-accelerated in 2004's last quarter, despite efforts to curb investment. Is it overheating, and why do we worry?
Haruki Murakami fans rejoice to publisher's website. [via bs]
Are avoidable nursing-home deaths an epidemic in Minnesota?
Not even Sony could have single-handedly destroyed the notion of social space. Walkmans, iPods, and especially cell phones have condemned a generation to loneliness.
How to turn a new Mac Mini into a home entertainment center.
Yet another columnist, this time Maggie Gallagher, fails to disclose receiving federal funds to promote Bush policies.
Photos: Before and After shots of people on meth.