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Headlines for 7 November 2002

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 Good morning. Or whatever time of day you’re reading this. Because of a successful party last night, the headlines are being avoided today, and will be updated again tomorrow. The links below are left over from yesterday. Sorry, and thanks. Oh, and, do you have a web site and need a really really good hosting company? Try Tilted Planet. Honestly, the nicest guys in the business, also very smart.

 Prostitutes protest in Paris, against law that forbids ‘passive soliciting,’ where a woman that gives the impression of soliciting money for sex faces jail or fine, though paying for sex is legal in France.

 Excellent analysis of why Bill O’Reilly hates Ludacris, when he should just hate himself.

 The thing about the boys club is that it’s not like we would ever want to participate in that world. I mean, thank God there’s an alternative to that. Interview with Christine Vachon, film producer extraordinaire.

 Koko the talking gorilla pens lyrics to album, titled ‘Fine Animal Gorilla,’ gets involved in production process.

 Furor in Brazil over striking similarities between Booker-winner Life of Pi and 1981 book, by Brazilian writer Moacyr Scliar, Max and the Cats.

 NY, NY, a wireless Internet town.

 Reviews of practically every movie now indexed at The Movie Review Query Engine.

 Ed Levine studies the making of a good New York slice of pizza; story features picture of fresh mozzarella piece at Joe’s, the best slice in the city.

 Many people nowadays do jobs that they know are worthless. They know there’s nothing actually being made that anyone can actually use. They just have this job. I think that causes more misery than we’re willing to face up to yet. Powells interview with Michael Faber, author of The Crimson Petal and the White.

 New York photography at Quarlo.com.

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