30 April 2004 By The Morning News — 30 Apr 2004 New York's currently: playing ping-pong outside it's so nice Marines apparently departing Fallujah, preparing to hand over policing to new militia led by former Hussein-loyal officers. No surprises from 'extraordinary' Bush/Cheney interview. 134 soldiers died this month in Iraq, median age: 23. Jury cuts more than $1 billion from Ground Zero's insurers' potential liability, lease-owner Silverstein doesn't get two-plane/two-payment plan. Vatican's top exorcist has a full calendar. Willem de Kooning paintings at the Gagosian in Chelsea, April 24-June 19. Letter from Google founders to shareholders: Don't be evil. (One of many mushy profiles of Sergey and Larry.) Roc-A-Fella fan fiction. When Bush invokes God: He's happy, America's happy, the press gets weird. That tea is sweetest whose herbs have dried longest/A child knows his parents before the parents know their child. Create your own Thomas Friedman column. TV people say Kerry is awful on TV. Politicians from Ghana visit Albany, find New York's budget opaque and bleak, learn about lobbyists. Fiction: 'Trilobites' by Breece D'J Pancake. U.N. having trouble raising troops to police Haiti. When they have a $300 minimum, it's our job to make them spend that. Rules of New York clubs with bottles on tables. NPR makes up for reassigning Bob Edwards with mini tribute-site. Friday reading: The history of the umlaut in heavy metal.
