New York’s currently: blustery, gray, anglophilic

 Two suicide blasts in Baghdad’s Green Zone—the first major attacks inside the guarded area.

 In the weeks before the first debate the Bush campaign did an effective job of caricaturing John Kerry as a wishy-washy hippie. Perhaps too effective: Audiences were happily surprised by the real senator.

 Cheneys say it’s not OK for Kerry and Edwards to use our gay daughter for political purposes, but it’s fine if we take what you said and use that for political purposes.

 Nader campaign has gained enough momentum to push several key states one way or the other.

 The producers of what looks like a fine new documentary, Going Upriver, which traces the life of John Kerry from Vietnam to the 2004 Democratic nomination, want you to download their movie now, for free.

 Republican voter registers told to throw away Democrats’ forms.

 We do not know who bit this snake, but we know that it was bitten. Or that it bit. Or both.

 After being in a romantic partnership for eight years, after living together for four, after jointly purchasing property, sharing bills and income, Terra and I are still denied 1,049 federal rights automatically granted to heterosexual, married couples. Here are those rights.

 A profile of Benedict Morelli, the lawyer who’s representing Andrea Mackris in the case against Bill O’Reilly.

 Man vows to eat only pudding until he can watch football in the Virgin Islands.

 First survey of the world’s animal population shows that a third of amphibians are in danger of extinction.

 Possibly authentic? Nick Nolte has a blog.

 New study shows that one out of 100 adults is asexual.

 Typhoid Mary documentary on Nova shows the misunderstood life of the woman who wouldn’t get sick, interviews with Anthony Bordain, and some unfortunate re-enactors.

 Why did the President of the United States think scapegoating Massachusetts during the debates was acceptable?

 If you have any money that you haven’t lost betting on baseball, now might be a good time to consider donating it to The Morning News.