27 February 2002
By The Morning News
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Bush approves Saudi "vision" for Mideast Peace.
White House would spend millions to promote marriage as solution to poverty, social ills; increase work hours for welfare recipients to 40 a week.
Rumsfeld kills Pentagon's propaganda unit, saying recent allegations damaged group beyond repair.
Muslim mob sets fire to train, carrying Hindu activists, killing at least 55.
Starbucks shareholders meeting shows nauseating contradictions as global ambitions iced with marketing, sentimentality.
Thomas Friedman, enjoying recent fame, vows moustache trend "about to explode."
Penguin Putnam's Riverhead gets Cobain's diaries for millions.
Jordan will have surgery, threatening Wizards success; Knicks fans claim similar fears due to Camby's illness; millions laugh at idea of Knicks and success in same reference; we cry.
On the comic talents of Spike Milligan, prolific clown.
Crossword genius Henry Hook and a story of obsession. [scooped by kg]
MOMA exhibit: "Artists of Brucke," German Expressionist prints. [via ak]