4 December 2002
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: trying to remember where Manhattan is
Turks and Saudis will allow use of air bases in war; Turks unsure about harboring ground forces.
60 bushfires erupt around Sydney.
The dish on New York's power siblings: J. Lo and L. Lo, the Hilton Tramps, and of course, the Paul and Chloe Sevigny, inspiration for the Sevgala.
South African town, Orania, is whites-only.
Rockefeller Center Christmas tree goes up tonight. Watch the rising with the TreeCam.
Thanksgiving haul at airports: 15,982 pocket knives, 98 boxcutters, 6 guns, and a brick.
Wendy Perriam beats out Ethan Hawke for 'Bad Sex in Fiction Prize.' Hawke’s runner-up passage: 'I knew I had reached the moment my life had been waiting for. I was going to be a father and a husband. I spanked her bottom and cranked up the tunes.'
Graphic City: Strasburg
Americans will receive 2,200 spam emails this year.
Men have it much worse than females. Throughout history there have been great paintings and sculptures of chubby women. But have you ever seen a statue of a fat man? Absolutely not. Jeffrey Steingarten dresses like a lawyer while he cooks, because it's slimming.
Chapel Hill thrift shop spends up to $500,000 a year trashing unwanted clothes; Salvation Army spends $2-2,500 a month. Related: Despite last night's loss to Illinois, Tar Heel coach Matt Doherty now being called a genius.
Very well done advent calendar.
The staff of 'This American Life' pick their favorite broadcasts, unfortunately only available with the dreaded RealAudio.
