29 April 2005
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: never sure when to bring an umbrella
Intelligence top officer says North Korea has the ability to arm missiles with nuclear devices; officials later claim this is only a theory, but still.
Congress passes budget--cuts in Medicaid and taxes, oil drilling in Alaskan wildlife refuge included.
In press conference, Bush gets all salesman on Social Security reforms.
Op: Bush's Social Security efforts could sour Congress, giving the president early lame-duck status.
Wave of car-bomb attacks in Baghdad kill at least 22.
Birder spots ivory-billed woodpecker, long thought extinct, in Ark. woods. And yes, some prized it for its powers in magic.
Freelance writers: Yancey Strickler has an idea that could save you all.
Doomsayers claim Benedict's papacy is a prophecy of the coming judgment day, which seems overly harsh.
Executive holds Christie's vs. Sotheby's rock, papers, scissors match to determine who sells his company's art collection. Also: "The Scream" believed to be safe, intact, somewhere.
Interview with Jean-Luc Godard: "I had the feeling that Sarajevo was the perfect place to shoot the film I wanted to shoot. It is the perfect illustration of purgatory."
Inmates at Wis. prison stage "King Lear"; swords, plastic or otherwise, were banned from the production.
[The Hawks] had an over-produced introduction on the big screen, an actual hawk that flew down from the rafters, and even a catch-phrase--something like, "The Spirit Lies Within." Make it stop. Phoenix Suns forward/benchwarmer Paul Shirley's blog is hilarious.
Seventies rock-star photos, a personal collection. [via waxy]
These sock puppets are NOT HAPPY.
Game: Guide the stick figure through the maze of death.
