4 September 2008: Morning By The Morning News — 04 Sep 2008 Top story on John McCain run out of obligation. "I would willingly die for the governor, but I would never lie for her." Fired safety commissioner reveals Palin state trooper emails. I grow old ... I grow old... / I shall wear the tassels of my Weejuns rolled. The love song of Patrick J. Buchanan. Sunni Awakening, Iraqi Army each fight al Qaeda; as internal tensions mount, they're ready to fight each other. Nigerian officials to return $630,000 to Obama gala donors--candidates can't accept money from abroad. Though power is still out in some areas and Nagin thinks it's too early, New Orleanians return to their city. Downtown Austin's beloved Las Manitas restaurant closes its doors. New York: After seven years of rule by a billionaire, control of City Hall is likely to go to a person of far humbler means. Debating wooden vs. mechanical pencils for students; debating china vs. school lunch trays. North Korea hauls parts out of warehouses, tells the U.S. it plans to reassemble its nuclear plant. Gallery: Film posters that definitely don't glamorize guns. Researchers claim that, by spreading a gene variant, the Roman Empire raised the threat of HIV. An ice sheet nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Canada's Arctic.