5 July 2006
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: feeling freshly squeezed by dinner
North Korea launches at least six missiles including the feared intercontinental that failed after 42 seconds.
Hamas militants fire rocket six miles into Israel; Israel destroys Palestinian Interior Ministry.
Baghdad's central morgue received 1,595 bodies last month.
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rapidly making the oceans more acidic.
Recount begins today for Mexico's presidential election.
Kim Jong Il suffocates his people with "20,000 videotapes," explains the Daily News.
Graphic: Majority of federal billions has been put to progress in the Gulf states.
Senator Stevens's astonishing explanation of how the internet works.
Wedding planning in Baghdad, or, how to save butter cream frosting from heat and checkpoints.
Wife Swap in Israel confronts stereotypes, stalemates.
The ever-expanding American dream house means you never have to see your family again.
Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson dies at 52.
Beatles to be found on YouTube.
New motorcycle gangs in America include evangelists, dykes, SOBs (Semites on Bikes).
How the "Black Widow" trains for eating contests and what she looks like while wolfing down crabcakes.
Kobayashi holds on to his hot-dog-eating record.
The French approach to steak.
Chinese turn flash mobs into Tuangou, or team buying, to coordinate retail haggling.
Fawns; Fear of death in literature; Geologists' spouses. The most recent subjects to receive Dewey Decimal numbers.
Reading between the lines while scanning book blurbs--especially since there's nothing else to read this summer.
When publishers balk, authors go DIY on audio books, enlisting showbiz friends.
Man wakes up after 19 years in minimally-conscious state with rewired brain.
Woman wakes up after stroke with Cano-Jamaco-Slovak accent.
The U.S.A. tribute song you should have played at your cookout yesterday.