New York’s currently: hot for Johnny Edwards

 Early: Kerry picks Edwards (though that doesn’t stop the NY Post from picking Gephardt on front page). Note: Post image pulled from site.

 Tensions as American soldiers watch independent Iraqi security forces express sympathies for U.S.’s enemies.

 Former general Yadhoyono finishes first for president in Indonesia, but fails to win majority, will face runoff in September.

 Must-read account of how the Iraqi National Congress led the American press to war.

 “Passion Parties” bring vibrators and sex powders into Bible Belt living rooms.

 1957 Capote profile of Marlon Brando that cracked the mask.

 Krzyzewski turns down Lakers, and Kobe’s personal plea, to retire at Duke.

 Video: Difficulties in filming Winnebago commercial.

 Cheney fires doctor who assured the world he was fit for office, after discovering doctor likes his own meds too much.

 Op-Ed: Italians laugh their skinny asses at Americans going low-carb. Related: Wanna cook French sauce? First examine the matrix.

 With the upcoming Republican convention in mind, Pat Buchanan looks back on agitating at the 1968 Dems con for Nixon with William Safire and Rumsfeld.

 New Israeli nuke site offers little light on strategically ambiguous program as U.N. presses Israel to make the Middle East nuke-free.

 Video: The Cure’s excellent “The End of the World.”

 Profile of Robert Shrum, Kerry’s message maker.

 He was a gentle fish and always there to greet me when I came home. Man writes touching obituaries for goldfish he’s owned.

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