31 May 2005 By The Morning News — 31 May 2005 New York's currently: bucking the greenhouse effect France's "no" vote on E.U. membership spreads doubt on the integration's future; Netherlands expected to turn in a dismissal as well. Chirac, bruised from E.U. defeat, names Villepin new PM; Blair may see safety in canceling the vote; the Euro takes a nasty dive. U.S. forces in Iraq mistakenly arrest prominent Sunni leader. When C.I.A. spooks wing it to Kabul, they fly Aero Contractors or Pegasus Technologies--civilian planes that go where civilians cannot. Hopefully the offending item is "gum": "I can't tell you how many times I sit on my seat and something attaches to my suit and I bring it along with me." New bill opens oil and gas drilling on Gulf of Mexico national park property designated as wilderness--the first time such measures have been allowed. Op: Recent votes indicate Bush has lost significant support from both Democrats and Republicans. Talking with Umberto Eco on The Name of the Rose-Da Vinci Code connection, writerly profanity, and how all he really wants to do is teach. In separate incidents, two Long Island adolescents jailed for strangling their parents. Why we forget our dreams after we wake up. The sharks that once fed in New York waterways. "Photos of an Unknown Family who Probably Owned a Liquor Store." Tense moments at the Hay festival as Christopher and Peter Hitchens take the stage. Illegal aliens cross the U.S.-Mexico border with little problem, and detailed travel plans. These are things that do not exist. (Including video.)
