30 November 2005 By The Morning News — 30 Nov 2005 New York's currently: slogging U.S. military secretly pays Iraqi newspapers for good press written by American troops. New wave of abductions strikes Iraq. Marines meet with Sunnis to discuss withdrawal. CIA realizes it's been using black highlighters all these years. Is Bush's speech today the beginning of the end of America's involvement in Iraq? (See preview here.) Celebrity chefs available for your next dinner party if you don't mind paying $2,000 a person. Stan Berenstain, co-creator of the Berenstain Bears books, dies at 82. Poland cracks open Warsaw Pact archives and shows 1979 Soviet map for seven-day atomic holocaust. India's love for pale skin means $250 million for the "fairness-cosmetics" market. Candidates for the "Bad Sex in Fiction" award. Differences in the 1991 and 1963 editions of Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever. Dear TMN: The Darwin exhibit didn't "scare off" donors, and funding exhibits isn't like paying for the Superbowl. Zombies, balloons, and astronauts in Central Park--Improv Everywhere's wonderful "Mp3 Experiment 2.0." New Orleans to have first free wireless network owned and managed by a major U.S. city. Air guitarists need only now don a pair of brightly colored gloves to translate mid-air gestures into music. Ambient sounds desired from any location mentioned in On The Road. Deadheads boycott Dead after they can't get their bootlegs for free anymore. Op: For freedom-loving Russians, there's not much to be thankful for this year. Children, beware: Santacon hits New York on December 10. Become a Santa for a kid who's not on Santa's list. Massive profile of Roger Ebert, now more famous than most of the actors he reviews.
