7 August 2006
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: a city of bellhops
Fighting intensifies with Israeli raids in southern Beirut today, yesterday's Hezbollah rocket attack that killed 12 Israeli reservists.
In South Africa, when the option exists for an HIV-positive mother to give birth to a healthy child, the only thing standing in the way is accepting that she's infected.
Scientists don't know why some storms turn into hurricanes while others don't. New research aims to finally figure it out.
National Guards posted along U.S.-Mexico border are bored, but effective; U.S. teens are bored, full stop.
As temperatures rise, so do violent crime statistics--except when it gets really hot, and the numbers drop.
States expand self-defense rights, violence against those supposed to take out the garbage expected to skyrocket.
The recent jump in foreign troops and visitors to Muslim countries brings vice, and local governments seek to stamp out citizens' interest.
"I'll be happy if U would B my girlfriend." Bluetooth takes Saudi dating to new levels.
Reuters removes photo of Beirut that appears to have been altered to add more smoke, damage.
In today's Digest, Robert Birnbaum covers the week in books.
Founder of the Girls Gone Wild empire wrestles reporter, shoots self in the foot about 10 times.
Crop circles are still around and getting surprisingly complex.
Americans and Brits teaching English in China learn what it's like to be an underpaid immigrant living in poor conditions.
Has anyone else tried pouring this stuff over dry cereal? A-W-E-S-O-M-E! Amazon customers review milk.
Thank you to the current Deck advertisers: Veer, FreshBooks.com, Carson Workshops, Squarespace, O'Reilly, Adaptive Path, Adobe, Jewelboxing, and Text Link Ads.
Box-office results for the top 50 movies to never go into wide release.
Kevin Guilfoile finds out--on live radio--that his novel is actually about Jesus.
Sub Pop Records goes completely green.
Online journalism is a dangerous beast to be feared by mainstream media--except that it's mostly reporting on community bake sales.
You might not believe the amount of plastic that's been stamped into the likeness of one animated ogre.
