5 July 2005 By The Morning News — 05 Jul 2005 New York's currently: back to being dependent China criticizes U.S. for politicizing attempted takeover of Unocal. Nets plan for Brooklyn now includes half a dozen skyscrapers as high as 60 stories. Matthew Cooper's Plame source may have been Karl Rove. Did Russell Crowe attack a desk clerk because the man, when threatened, replied "whatever"? Two bodies recovered of four-man Seal team that went missing last week in Afghanistan. The fleet-type submarine sonar operator's manual. Neal Pollack is relentlessly motivated by Lance Armstrong. Though probably useless, study finds circumcision may reduce risk of men contracting HIV from intercourse with infected women by 70%. Op: Bush is a far better friend to Africa than Clinton was. Decent profile of 9 Songs's Michael Winterbottom's methods and work so far. TMN's Sarah Hepola wins journalism award for hard-hitting look into the Mary Kay cosmetic empire. Largest political demonstration in Scottish history presses for moral crusade to end poverty in Africa. Op: For national security's sake, the administration should rethink its modest commitments to ending poverty. U.K. Home Office report recommends tagging toddlers "at risk" of becoming criminals. Top 25 questions facing science in the next 25 years; e.g., can the laws of physics be unified? The new teenage sex trend: Greenlighting. Alas: a hoax? Most expensive nomination fight ever anticipated for Senate confirmation of new Supreme. Security details for protecting the new Harry Potter. For summer's sake, a year-old look into the hidden lives of lobsters. The story behind purchasing the Met's most expensive acquisition. Video: Ricky Gervais's promo ads for Live 8. Exciting links for boring days, in no particular order.
