7 December 2007: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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In an effort to respond to rider complaints, improve service, MTA to give L, 7 train managers autonomy.
Lawmakers, carmakers strategize how to fit America into smaller, fuel-sipping cars.
Op: Romney's defense of Mormonism was "brilliant and frustrating, inspiring yet also transparently political."
Hawks and doves agree that the report of Iran is troubling--the peaceful worry a lack of sanctions may lead to war.
Philadelphia evicts Boy Scouts from the Beaux Arts Building--called the birthplace of the Scouts--for refusing to change its anti-homosexual stance.
For similar reasons, Berkeley stops paying the Sea Scouts' rent at the Marina, and it turns out the troop leader was abusing boys on the boat.
The reality of the "fever effect" in autistic children: high fevers, temporarily decreased autistic behaviors.
Mr. Rector said that most young women who became pregnant were highly educated about contraceptives but wanted to have babies. Teenage birthrates are up, however you slice it.
Evidence shows risk of death increases during bereavement--broken hearts can be fatal; Choire Sicha explains how to recover from a broken heart.
From today's Non-Expert desk: Eric Feezell on ways to spank-proof the house.
In other news for 12-year-olds, Devon social club reprimands flatulent man.
Get your own "My name is Muhammad" teddy bear.
The robot guitar that tunes itself; the 28 most recognizable guitars.
Finally: The return of Dennis Mahoney's Giganticide.
