6 August 2004
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: making the show
Heavy fighting in Najaf as Sadr either did or did not call for an uprising against the U.S.-backed government in Iraq.
Two Albany mosque leaders arrested in sting operation that involved assassinating a Pakistani diplomat using a shoulder-fired missile.
McCain goes on the offense, asks White House to condemn ad that denies Kerry's war record. And: The major discrepancies and errors in the spot.
Sudan government says it is cracking down on the militias that have been enacting genocide upon black inhabitants, then offers up a team of petty criminals as militia members.
Big states, big misperceptions: George W. Bush's co-opting of Texas spawns film attack against the state; Alaska wants New York to know that it doesn't consider its precious wilderness so precious.
Suicidal teenager jumps off Brooklyn Bridge, survives.
Just So You Know, Your Dad Was Standing Naked in My Kitchen, Facing My Kids' Room. Man of the Week George Saunders preempts terror in the home.
Morph the electoral college, play with the election results with the Times, and track the battleground states' polls with the constantly updated Journal.
There is a way, it's another way, and it's the zine way.
Boat crew finds hindered seagull, grafts Barbie parts for a leg.
Post-dating terrorist arrests for political advantage, but for the Democrats? Or for whom?
The story behind how the Internet Movie Database began, and how it continues to operate.
The anarchist-driven Wall Street explosion of 1920.
Barney, frankly, is the finest staff member at the White House, and definitely has the best hair (and an awfully nice blog).
Perhaps the most famous involuntary expression is what Ekman has dubbed the Duchenne smile. Malcolm Gladwell on how to read minds with faces, though densely.
MP3s: Brad Neely's hilarious Harry Potter spoof, Wizard People, Dear Reader.