Headlines from September 4, 2007

The media says we have a new Gore--but that's only because it killed the old one while he was running for president.
The best part of summer: New York's schools reopen, streets safe once again.
New stresses and homesickness have an unexpected result for some incoming college freshman: mental illness.
"He dresses in a bohemian fashion both at his office and in his leisure hours." MI5 shows its Orwell files.
Researchers find rock stardom takes years off your life.
Beijing exhibit displays those who've lied, cheated, and stolen--and tells their just deserts.
A tale of human folly, corporate arrogance, and vast piles of horse excrement. Fifty years ago today, Ford unveiled the Edsel.
Food: Adam Gopnik tries to grow his own in New York; David Sedaris is "a shoveler, a quantity man."
Not Yet Food: British government is expected to approve plans that will allow scientists to create human-animal embryos.
Indian outsourcing firms outsource to America for lobbyists.
"Are those stories going to get darker? How much real reality will they let in?" House-flipping shows may be hot, but right now the market's not.
Scientology: The Belgians have had enough.
Paul Bremer counters new Bush book claims, shows letters saying the president knew they were going to dismantle the Iraqi army.
In South Korea, notable résumé inflaters face exposure, ask adoring public for forgiveness.
Pentagon says Chinese military hacked into its network, caused a system crash; Chinese official denies the allegation.
North Korea says U.S. agreed to lift economic sanctions, remove it from terror list; White House denies the claim, but says if true, it would be a Bush victory.
Psychological research shows the more myths are repeated, the more people will remember them as true.
At the New Museum, artists draw personal maps of downtown New York.
Public smoking bans are soon to hit even Paris, but smoking is already forbidden at Le Musée du Fumeur.
London tube workers go on strike--New York taxis are planning one too.
New York writer, cabbie Melissa Plaut on why bolting that GPS into her taxi helps no one, not even the fare.
Commuting, partying, reviving friends on San Francisco's rare, all-night trains.
Bill Clinton sure can talk, but can he talk about Hillary?
"Maybe that's a narcissistic tendency." DNA scientist publishes his own genome.