New York’s currently: switching to coma-mode for August

 Seven killed in suicide car bombing north of Baghdad; Battle continues for fifth day between U.S. and Mahdi Army.

 Arrest warrants out for Admad Chalabi and his nephew Salem, for counterfeiting and murder, respectively.

 Remarkable paintings and drawings from Steve Mumford’s Baghdad journal.

 Arab League backs Sudan, asks UN for more time to disarm militias.

 How to spot fake MBA degrees.

 I’ve resigned myself. I’m functioning within the parameters of my mediocrity. Woody Allen on his 36th film, shot in London.

 Maryland resident Alan Keyes to take on Obama in Illinois’s senate race. (Most likely you too could be a carpetbagger!)

 Chances are your America and George W. Bush’s America are not the same place. Ron Reagan makes the case against the President.

 Op-ed: With the Taliban’s assassination of voters and electoral staff, no history of presidential elections, and no rule of law, Afghanistan isn’t prepared for an October election.

 Koko the gorilla—or, as we say it, Koko the monkey—calls for a dentist.

 Garry Trudeau on soldiers, Bush at Yale.

 MTA booth clerk attacks rider with faulty MetroCard.

 There is a problem none of us likes to face. When the body goes, we go. Interview with Nobel-winner Gerald Edelman.

 Video: Man inflates balloons under Hollywood sign.

 Thanks to the weekend’s two people who gave a few bucks to give back to The Morning News.