30 August 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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Leaked report criticizes Virginia Tech for insufficient communication prior, during, and after the shooting.
Man arrested for burning Burning Man four days early.
TMN's Nicole Pasulka on all of the month's fire-related news.
Today's big read: The fiery business of insuring--and gambling giant stakes on--catastrophe.
Debbie Harry, Patti Smith, and others on the death of CBGB's Hilly Kristal.
Reincarnated outside Parliament, new Nelson Mandela statue in London "looks like he's just dropped a tray."
Musharraf agrees to share power in Pakistan; signaling injuries to come, senior generals skip Turkey's president's swearing-in.
Notes on the neuroscience trend of using the brain's plasticity, and not pharmaceuticals, to influence healing.
Hirst sells his skull for $100 million.
Op: The best argument for why research on string theory is a waste of time, by a physician who disagrees.
Why David Lynch's latest effort looks better on your TV than the big screen.
Good summary of our latest efforts to turn cooking and food into ellipticals for lunatics.
Tips on setting up a trust for your dog, even if you're not so insane as to leave him $12 million.
And other memes: Miss Teen South Carolina explains herself, as does Jimmy Kimmel.
Proof that Miss Teen South Carolina may have resurrected geography's corpse.
Pictures of shops that refuse to die.
