9 November 2005
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: just now falling back
Underdog Bloomberg comes from behind in a nail-biter of a reelection bid, wins by record margin.
Elections: Corzine wins, Arnold's bills are rejected, gay rights big in Maine, not in Texas, and lots of Democrat wins (or Republican losses, depending on how you look at it).
Pennsylvania intelligent design school board falls prey to survival of the fittest, voted out of office.
France declares state of emergency--fewer cars are set on fire, but public transportation in Lyon is shut down by a gasoline bomb.
Three weeks after the assassination of a defense lawyer in the Saddam Hussein trial, two more are ambushed, one killed.
GOP upset over interrogation prison leak, demands probe; Trent Lott says a Republican senator might have done it.
World Health Organization now planning rapid response, drug deployment at first signs of avian flu outbreak.
Vietnam: Using chicken feces as fish food is a bad idea right now.
What to look for when buying organic milk.
Organized shoplifting rings could cost the U.S. up to $30 billion annually.
A helpful explanation of the inner workings of the Death Star. (Be sure to read the sidebars.)
"That's a lot of copy." Great books of the 20th century, as reviewed by my boss.
Everybody agrees that children in coffee shops are a bad thing--except for their parents.
Man stole dead baby's name 23 years ago, true identity unknown even to ex-wife and children.
Fight "environmental" advertising with the Billboard Liberation Front.
Scouring the best bookshops in London.
Cat leaps from a truck, runs through traffic, falls 70 feet into a freezing river, and swims 600 feet to shore.
Lawrence Lessig on the impending debate over whether the U.N. should control the internet.
"People like them because they can see the ornaments better." This Christmas, hang your tree upside down.
