8 June 2006 By The Morning News — 08 Jun 2006 New York's currently: gray and drizzle American air strike kills al-Zarqawi north of Baghdad, officials report. Spooks' funding of Somali warlords backfires, empowers Islamic groups it meant to marginalize. Somali funding foul-up: another example of the White House thinking small. Designer Chip Kidd invites you to tell him why e-books do not royally suck. (Jonathan Lethem recommends mp3s.) Report says 14 European countries actively aided the U.S. in secretly transferring terrorism suspects. Danny Meyer insists even his wife has to wait in line at Shake Shack. Two homeless men blamed for Brooklyn's waterfront fire. South Africa's real estate boom extends to the townships. Local Harvest: Community-supported agriculture near you. Skillets to consider once you've finally thrown away your nonstick pans. Odd Japanese ice creams. Physicists create ball lightning; scientists discover fossils of dwarf dinosaurs. Lost Pablo Neruda tape found. American tennis men too macho to play on red clay? Did Jack Abramoff try to remake Hollywood's worst movie (Jerry Lewis putting kids into Nazi ovens)? Video: Beautiful chaos found in driving in India. London's Burning: Production notes for the art used on Thom Yorke's new album. People embed magnets in their fingers to add sixth sense. Diana Death: Truth at last. Parallel universe (i.e., the Daily Express) explained. U.S. highway signs get new, more legible typeface ("Clearview"). Ten grammar mistakes that make you look stuped. Video: Man flies down mountain.
