3 July 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 03 Jul 2009 "We never thought we would do it again." California readies more than $53 million in IOUs, mainly for residents awaiting tax refunds. Krugman: The turmoil of states' budgets and yesterday's jobs report mean we need a bigger stimulus, now. Rising unemployment rates beget tightened immigration standards. Obama administration eschews Bush-era warehouse raids for immigration infractions, warns American Apparel of fines. Indicating the thaw may be over, Syrian president invites Obama to visit Damascus for talks. "A game of chance has developed in the post-Soviet space: Who can swindle the Kremlin in the coolest way?" Reconciling theories of recovery from alcoholism, and coming to terms with the fact that no single one may work. Paleontologists visit Creation Museum, become irked by inventive interpretation of fossil records. Proof of climate change exists in Scotland's shrinking sheep. When hydrogen sulfide is encountered, it usually kills one person, then their rescuer, then another rescuer. Because it's 2009 and you keep asking: Why you will never have a flying car. Gastric rupture and other stomach-turning injuries competitive eaters face. Tamiflu has now overtaken Viagra as the subject of the most junk emails.
