7 January 2003
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: predicting a week of falling potatoes
Democrats pitch economic plan, smaller and cheaper; reporters find just as many economists to trash it as they had yesterday for the GOP. Unfortunately, Dems still think sopping the rich is out of favor.
Ivory Coast rebel forces fight French troops, incidents called 'serious' but not a threat to upcoming peace talks.
Publishing millionaire finds second career in conducting, though only Mahler's second symphony, more than 100 times.
Monkeys bred for laboratories retire to private chimp sanctuaries.
Extreme weather in Africa consistent with predictions for global warming.
Snow on television is usually potatoes.
Regular gym-goers fear the newbies: New Year resolution-ers who will cancel their membership in March.
Online personals, the new zipless fuck, and yes, everybody's doing it.
Question: Why do all NPR hosts sound the same? Not related: Satan for President.
New York loses the Oscar Wilde Bookshop, the country's oldest gay book store.
Excellent New York photography at Macrostate, particularly the 9/11 batch, and last year's George Harrison memorial, with music from the sing-along. Related: New photos up at the Cross Atlantic Report.
Cracks appearing in North Korea's side.
But led by a nondrinking, non-schmoozing commander in chief in the White House...The White House goes to bed early.
The Cinderella story of National Book Award winner Julia Glass. Also, because this seems startling, William Gibson has a blog.
