31 October 2005 By The Morning News — 31 Oct 2005 New York's currently: chewing up babies Bush to nominate conservative favorite Alito for the Supreme Court. U.S., Britain, and France expect swift passage today of U.N. resolution against Syria. Arab leaders warn too much pressure on Syria could lead to chaotic collapse. Cambridge college gleefully writes smutty obits about its dead alumni. Funeral directors store tens of thousands of abandoned cremains in hopes the living will collect their dead. Halloween cancelled at schools nationwide for fear of pagan influences. Op: Rosa Parks led an inspiring life we rarely hear discussed. Tom Zeller at the Times unwraps the complete origins of Gary Benchley on TMN. Scooter Libby's fiction comes under fresh scrutiny, and the decision to fuck a deer seems rash. How are flu-infected birds killed and disposed of? Photo gallery of terror in New Delhi. Has Roe become a "superprecedent" that shouldn't be overturned? Stomping acorns, and appreciating New Jersey's fall, can be tough when there's lots to think about. Jersey musician Chris Kennedy hunts for the Elvis holy grail: the missing Brooklyn High School film. Clandestine human chop shop in Brooklyn has all the ingredients for a great New York story. Books destined for soldiers abroad to keep them sexually pure. You will smell and feel a lot of things the movies didn't warn you about. Excerpt from 1942 U.S. guide to Iraq. Why did New York smell like maple syrup last Thursday? No one knows, not the Times, and not the New Yorker. Kenzaburo Oe on the literary award that will take his name and honor the book he chooses. Watch here to win our last give-away copy of Gary Benchley, Rock Star. Frightening modern music this week in New York.
