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Headlines for 4 December 2003

New York’s currently: sitting under 1,369 lights

 International court convicts three Rwandans for encouraging genocide (see recent Rwandan history).

 Dean now courting the same beltway insiders, i.e., cockroaches, that he pledged to send scurrying.

 Putnam County supermarkets to allow shopping-monkeys for wheelchair-bound customers.

 The fascinating, novel-worthy saga of Lt. John Withers, Peewee, Salomon, Nazis and reunions.

 N.Y.U. film school keeps its students’ on-camera sex R-rated.

 New York lawmakers want more bathrooms for women, attuned to ‘that anatomical difference.’

 Details from the very personal fricca-fracas between Mayor Bloomberg and Tom DeLay.

 TMN’s Choire Sicha on the very official naming ceremony for turning a spit of East Second Street into Joey Ramone Place.

 Queens school founder shot 12 times.

 Kofi Annan calls for U.N. to find new common ground among nations.

 Give: God’s Love We Deliver.

 Interesting customer recommendations if you enjoy Michael Jackson’s Number Ones.

 A very large amount of information on Vermeer. [ via cdl ]

 Daniel Mendelsohn on the shocking lack of moving violence in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill.

 Step-by-step through the record-mastering process.

 The American Package Museum.

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