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Headlines for 19 November 2002

New York’s currently: sick the town over; lackluster headlines today

 John Ashcroft has new powers to wiretap, search, and scan American lives. Given his track record, we have no reason to fear that he’ll abuse his new powers or manipulate them for personal glory.

 James Coburn dies at 74.

 Women rising on corporate ladder, though progress extremely slow. Related: Girls out-performing boys academically, at all levels, across the country.

 Fire in Morningside Heights building injures 15 firefighters, leaves 200 homeless.

 Billionaire Ruth Lilly gives $100,000,000 to Poetry magazine.

 Pace of change in Afghanistan extremely slow, one year later.

 Still America’s No. 1 Web site, and one of the few with its own scopitone: Sharpeworld.

 I always say that I’d do commercials for Percodan and marijuana, but those are the only products that I would advertise. I don’t even want to know how much money they’re offering. No one’s going to respect you if you do commercials. Big interview with David Sedaris.

 Pitchfork’s Top 100 Albums for the 1980s.

 My name is Albert Richards. I have been creating floral radiographs for over 40 years.

 Hello ladies, fey-gay boys, and straight anglophile dudes that are cool with it: The League of Obscure British Actors.

 Manhattan storytelling club Moth goes onto television.

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