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Headlines for 19 October 2004

New York’s currently: wet and leafy storm gutters

 U.N. reduces its role in Iraq elections, due to concerns over the insurgency and U.S. security measures.

 From Oct. 11 to Oct. 17, an estimated 208 Iraqis were killed in war-related incidents, significantly higher than the average week. Iraq Health Ministry stops releasing casualty numbers, saying “it’s a political issue.”

 Bush and Kerry both oppose a draft, both say their opponent is at least a little bit for it. And: The origin of drafts, and why the war in Iraq is hurting the Army Reserve.

 Early voting begins in Florida, and already there appear to be hijinks afoot.

 One-hundred percent of pollsters have no answers.

 A history of the war between the Mods and the Rockers, beginning in the 1770s.

 A new study shows that the average British man is shaped like an apple.

 Charlie Suisman takes down Zagat.

 Oh, yeah—and brush your teeth, you filthy animals. Guardian readers participate in email writing campaign to undecided U.S. voters, who responded, not so kindly.

 What kind of adhesive you will need to glue just about anything to just about anything else.

 High Times readers want to know who, as stoners, they should vote for.

 Watch online: PBS’s fascinating The Choice 2004, which gives a rare view of Bush and Kerry’s lives from Yale to the present.

 These aren’t the toys you’re looking for: Star Wars figures, new and old.

 TROUT: All Picasso had to do was paint pictures that were already hanging in museums in the future. KV: OK. Kurt Vonnegut has a final conversation with Kilgore Trout.

 Red Sox’s 14th-inning home run avoids ALCS elimination; Astros’ 9th-inning home run takes them ahead in NLCS.

 A gallery of old punk and new wave 8-tracks.

 Cheers! Merci! Danke! Thanks to the kind person who donated to The Morning News yesterday.

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