9 July 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 09 Jul 2008 Webb emphatically exits V.P. race after Obama campaign tries to get personal during background check. "Reverse earmarks" included in the federal budget. When the Left and Right both agree on compulsory national service, who's left to complain? Pray at the Pump's group gas-station worship wants God to bring down gas prices. Value of U.S. exports to Iran reportedly increased tenfold since Bush took office; tobacco and bull semen prove popular. Villagers in remote part of India paid wage to use the toilet. The first question to ask is whether the impact of speech on wages is a causal one. Study on the salary impacts of "sounding black" or "sounding southern." Erard: English gradually to become more Chinese; "Chinglish is destined to take on a life of its own." Also by Erard: Speech disturbances occur ever 4.4 seconds, and you should adore them. American TV watching up, to the equivalent of five full days per month. How to help save monarch butterflies by making ultraviolet signs pointing them to milkweed flowers. With examples, history of the tracking shot. Perhaps not a hero for contemporary women, Anne of Green Gables remains right up there with Huck Finn. Stephen Elliott recounts an interview with the Linux-programming genius who murdered his wife. Researchers give octopi Rubik's Cubes, wait to see what happens next.
