30 October 2006
By The Morning News
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No really, no one's reading the paper anymore.
The University of California doesn't want prospective students learning from textbooks that claim "the Bible, written by an omniscient God, can never be proved wrong."
Slow Foodies caucus in Italy, plan to "deindustrialize food production" worldwide.
Remember this for Trivial Pursuit in 20 years: A "meganiche" is a topic on the web that attracts at least a million users.
You're better off just eating nothing at all.
A collection of personal modifications, folk innovations, street customizations, ad hoc alterations, wear-patterns, home-made versions, and indigenous ingenuity.
Rock-paper-scissors 101.
When you mix naked women and live sharks, we'd agree: "There are some risks involved."
Italy considers sending troops to fight the "deadly cancer of the Camorra"; Russia considers how to fight deadly vodka.
Video: Brett Anderson (Suede, the Tears) performs his new song in his flat.
Encyclopedia Brown for District Attorney: Send us your fake election sign! Details soon on the cool new prize you will win if you enter!
After five months of occupation, Mexican police force protesters out of Oaxaca city square.
They're members of the NRA, anti-abortion advocates, and a big reason the Republicans are worried: Welcome the conservative Democrats.
But don't anybody worry what a Democratic Congress would look like--Karl Rove's got a Hail Mary plan in the works.
Army announces death of 100th American this month in Iraq; bomb targeting day laborers kills 31 people in Sadr City.
Why a dollar in New York is worth only 76.2 cents.
Op: Vaclav Havel, Kjell Magne Bondevik, and Elie Wiesel suggest that with the world's attention on North Korea, it's time to expose the country's humanitarian crisis.
The U.S. ambassador to Venezuela has a tough job that he only makes tougher by venturing outside the embassy.
Gallaudet University meets students' demands, cans incoming president; protesters celebrate by shredding and burning effigy of president.
Calling it a cordial pie doesn't quite capture its punch or proof. Booze pie would be more fitting.
Illustrating for the New Yorker from three different photos.
New laws that exile sex felons from urban areas have an unintended effect: The offenders fall off the map.
And: Tennessee makes sure registered sex offenders feel none of the Halloween spirit.
National Institute of Health researchers upset and quitting over new restrictions on outside investment and research.
The country's national drink is not horse piss; it is fermented horse milk that merely tastes of piss. Guardian reporter finds Kazakhstan about as bad as Borat makes it seem.
Daylight Savings Time may be over for the year, but in 2007 it'll be back sooner than ever.
This 8.6-gigapixel image is the world's largest digital photo, at least as far as we've been told.
Rare Sleeper bubble-gum cards. (Scroll down the page.)
The Blob relocates to Norwegian waters.
