3 January 2006
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: iced over, snowed on, and sleeted
Thirteen West Virginia miners trapped 260 feet below ground; governor prays for a miracle.
German rescuers race to save survivors at a collapsed ice rink where 11 died.
Twenty-five percent of federal antiterrorism money will now be distributed based on risk.
Superfluous medical studies challenged when research continues long after answers are known.
Larry David won't see Brokeback Mountain for fear it'll turn him gay.
U.S. gradually handing insurgent-fighting over to NATO in Afghanistan; Afghans fear premature U.S. withdrawal, again.
Seattle Times discovers the newspaper industry's new savior: horse sex.
Woman who married dolphin insists "it's not a perverted thing...He's the love of my life."
Anti-Christian jeans sell big in Sweden.
Coming off two years of terrible PR, Putin bungles again, and even Germany wonders whether Russia can be trusted.
Because Israelis are so involved in politics, their most popular satire show, "A Wonderful Country," has significant political relevance.
How to use your iPod Zepto.
Famous people who die between Christmas and New Year's don't get noticed.
One hundred things we didn't know this time last year (e.g., one in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed).
The past year in astronomy.
2005: An exceptionally cute year, but why is cuteness, rather than beauty, so desirable?
Mothers complain about Elmo toy asking their children if they want to die.
Tennessee to curb drunk driving with shame, forcing first-time offenders to wear vests saying "I am a Drunk Driver."
South Carolina bars no longer pour liquor from airline bottles.
Living with a drunk rocker isn't easy--and considering that every fan is a bartender, Pete Doherty may not make it to 27.
Profiles of professional competitive eaters.
There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live. Why Chuck Norris is the new David Hasselhoff.
This is not a game.
