9 December 2004 By The Morning News — 09 Dec 2004 New York's currently: remembering the Maccabees over a nice ham sandwich Rumsfeld tells soldiers to cope with trucks equipped with "hillbilly armor," some 95 percent of the unit's vehicles. Children caught in the middle of Nepal's civil war, thousands abducted or exiled. Antonio Reid lands Jay-Z in the president's chair at Def Jam. President Bush to consult with Alabama representative hoping to ban books featuring gayness. Addresses and dates for New York's media holiday parties you can crash. Blogging economists review Snow's previous term as Treasury secretary, and what he should do now. TMN's Robert Birnbaum chats with Francisco Goldman, author of The Divine Husband. Iraqi president and King Abdullah of Jordan say Iran is pouring money--and citizens--into Iraq's elections to ensure a Shiite majority. Geeks to have even harder time reproducing? Laptops may fry sperm count, urologists say. Op: The European Union has fashioned a foreign policy mechanism by which inaction is virtually automatic--even in the face of genocide. Only 10 percent of soldiers injured in Iraq have died from war wounds, the lowest casualty fatality rate ever. It's Italian family stuff. You can't blame them in a way. Composer of alternate score for Napoléon goes up against the Coppolas. Interview with David Grann, who investigated the mysterious death of the world's leading Sherlock Holmes scholar. Poem: "Gods in Exile," by James Longenbach. France strives to strip hate from TV, when broadcasts call for war against the Jews. Enough is enough: there can be no more dancing to "Hey Ya!"
