27 June 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 27 Jun 2007 New U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown (snidely) answers readers' questions. Thirteen years of Tony Blair cartoons explained. Catching up with P.S. 36's kindergarten class of 1995. Clinton criticized by Giuliani for response to 1993 World Trade Center bombing. U.N. predicts radical growth in urban living: half of world's population will be in cities by next year. Older but interesting: HIV-resistant prostitute enters 30th year of disease-free work in Kenya. Polling shows kids these days, a.k.a. "those damn hippies," are leaning left. Isn't the real question why wouldn't we clone a woolly mammoth? Hollywood scrambling to book stars in advance of a possible July 2008 strike. A beloved Hollywood icon isn't so much a bigwig as an English teacher. In today's feature, Kevin Fanning gives us the collapse of a world and a lovely Flickr sunset. Today's Digest sees Llew Hinkes review a life of audiophilia. A former Treasury admin on why John Updike shouldn't be allowed within 20 feet of an economic book review. Berlin hostel offers a taste of communism for just nine euros per night. Reminder: It's "finders keepers," not "finders hostage-takers."
