Things that have vanished from the media

• Bush's approval ratings - these used to be big news, now they're nowhere to be seen. If they had improved the usual retinue of hacks would have been vocal about that.
• Japan - there's very little news this country
• Massacre at Beslan/Chechnya in general - it's just disappeared, no post-mortem investigation, no obvious revenge attacks by the Russians, nada
• Conflict in Kashmir
• Outsourcing to India
• Former VP candidate John Edwards
• Genetically modified foods
• The South Central LA farm where Daryl Hannah was arrested
• UPDATE: Also, Bird Flu