28 September 2004
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: pressing pause on ambition for a few months of hope and fury
Twice as many Iraqis (mostly civilians) killed by U.S., multinational forces, and Iraqi police as killed by insurgents.
Oil prices surge past $50 on Monday, and may continue to rise.
Fewer than two-thirds of former soldiers reactivated for duty in Iraq have shown up for work.
JFK transformed as pop singer, surrounded by groovy back-up chorus.
Kidnappings and murders by Iraqi insurgents threaten to turn Ramadi into another Fallouja.
Edward P. Jones, Aleksandar Hemon, C.D. Wright among MacArthur winners.
The President's grandfather profited from companies closely tied to Hitler's money machine. (Other Nazi friends: Henry Ford, the Lindberghs.)
Report on congress taking trips sponsored by outside interests (see how often your representative power-trips).
Virgin's Richard Branson to launch the wealthy into space by 2010.
Details of scummy politics--police intimidation, vote wrangling--in Florida.
Conan O'Brien to take over The Tonight Show in 2009.
Map showing distribution of adult entertainment sites in Manhattan in 1993 and 2003--find your favorite!
TMN's Danny Gregory interviewed on the BBC.
Intelligence unit that wrote gloomy Iraq forecast in July warned Bush about anticipated divisions, violence two months before the 2003 invasion.
New Yorkers: Book your $50 appointments now for the first annual Spa Week.
You will vote in the presidential election, right? Because some states have October 2 registration deadlines.
Bruce Springsteen's hero Philip Roth lauded by The Guardian for hauling the reader past "mere critical appraisal."
How to make a violin in 45 pictures.
Bush: The mission was accomplished then, and the mission is accomplished now.