4 September 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 04 Sep 2007 The media says we have a new Gore--but that's only because it killed the old one while he was running for president. The best part of summer: New York's schools reopen, streets safe once again. New stresses and homesickness have an unexpected result for some incoming college freshman: mental illness. "He dresses in a bohemian fashion both at his office and in his leisure hours." MI5 shows its Orwell files. Researchers find rock stardom takes years off your life. Beijing exhibit displays those who've lied, cheated, and stolen--and tells their just deserts. A tale of human folly, corporate arrogance, and vast piles of horse excrement. Fifty years ago today, Ford unveiled the Edsel. Food: Adam Gopnik tries to grow his own in New York; David Sedaris is "a shoveler, a quantity man." Not Yet Food: British government is expected to approve plans that will allow scientists to create human-animal embryos. Indian outsourcing firms outsource to America for lobbyists. "Are those stories going to get darker? How much real reality will they let in?" House-flipping shows may be hot, but right now the market's not. Scientology: The Belgians have had enough.
