5 October 2005
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: wishing the Van Cliburn competition was on TV every night
Iraq's parliament decides not to change rules governing constitutional referendum.
New Orleans lays off 3,000 "non-essential" city workers.
More than 400,000 of Katrina's homeless will remain indefinitely in hotel rooms.
Nominee Miers found the Republican fold after being reborn.
Insurance flaws recently exposed spark plans for a national catastrophe program (perhaps mandatory for homeowners).
Alaska urges you to visit before you're dead.
Time has been unkind to Lenin's ideas, but trying to bury his corpse inspires backlash.
Supreme Court takes up case against Oregon's Death with Dignity Act.
Reed College decides the U.S. News report is resistible--but does it help anyone to stifle rankings?
Op: In Israel this was the year of the disengagement, the year of the turnabout, and the year of the fence.
Palestinians toast first West Bank beer festival.
What's available in New York's farmers' markets right now, and what it looks like.
Sadly, it is too late to eat books in 2005.
EGullet announces scholarship program for food writers and chefs.
Yahoo! to build library from public domain material, avoiding Google's recent battle with authors.
Want your own little realm to rule? How to form a micronation.
Long and loving John Leonard appreciation of Joan Didion in light of "The Black Album."
New Yorkers! Join TMN and Plume in celebrating Gary Benchley, Rock Star this Thursday in Brooklyn!
Racing car dioramas.
More evidence for male bikers to spend time choosing the right saddle.
Design sketches for better hospital beds.
Fiona Apple: If she wasn't putting out records, she'd use farm animals on kids.
Keep an eye out for today's Gary Benchley give-away!
Disney and HarperCollins hope faithful will flock to Narnia.
Hungry people make me sad. Wristbands that contribute nothing to worthy causes.
