8 October 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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Iraqi leaders say they're giving up on reconciliation, striving for better bureaucracy.
Chicago Marathon cut short yesterday due to extreme heat, death of a runner.
Vandals punch hole in Monet painting of which 30 million reproductions exist on calendars and neckties worldwide.
Nobel Prize awarded to scientists who developed gene targeting, a technique that's quickly transformed biomedical research.
If you want to be tortured by forest gnomes in the afterlife, you can have your remains soaked up by a tree's root system.
Researchers believe they've discovered the purpose of the appendix--to produce and protect digestive flora.
America's shelves are overflowing with hot sauces--the reason may be baby boomers' failing taste buds.
Thousands march on Washington for a little fresh air, exercise.
Ethics concerns voiced over mother's request for a hysterectomy for her disabled daughter.
Teen solves Rubik's Cube five times in an average of 12.46 seconds.
Altria tobacco moves HQ out of New York, artists get jittery over departing grants.
Small suits no more: Wes Anderson's style has a growth spurt.
...As an artist and a hater, he must be on the dole, but no: he works there... finding jobs for other people. Anthony Lane on Anderson, Joy Division.
Excerpts from Ronnie Wood's new autobiography, including the night he told George Harrison he was sleeping with his wife.
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