3 May 2007: Morning

  • Exactly four years after his "Mission Accomplished" speech, Bush vetoes a war spending bill that would have set an Iraq withdrawal timetable.
  • The President signed his veto with a pen given to him by the father of a Marine who died in Iraq.
  • International study shows heart attack death have plunged in the past six years, scientists credit drug, Americans suggest cherry pie.
  • New York's subway homeless population increases by a third, and officials don't know why.
  • Some people change their accents to fit in, others do it because they have brain damage.
  • If global warming has any upside, it would seem to be for gardeners, who... spend $34 billion a year, according to the National Gardening Association.
  • World War II Japanese American internment camp newspapers published online. (See them here.)
  • California kung fu teachers spar over the true meaning of martial arts--yes, that would also be the plot of The Karate Kid.
  • The Onion: "Chris Berman's Nicknames Becoming More Obscure After Taking Night Course in Russian Literature."
  • Nadal beats Federer in exhibition match on half-grass, half-clay court.
  • More American cities are pushing for car-free zones.
  • The One Laptop Per Child program is facing increasing costs, fewer buyers, and competition from major companies.
  • SeatGuru shows you which seats to pick, by airline and aircraft, for your next flight.
  • Scientists devise a three-dimensional equation to explain the dissipation of beer foam.
  • The Da Vinci Code chapel discovered to contain coded musical notation in its stonework.