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Headlines for 11 December 2003

New York’s currently: a dark and stormy night

 CIA said to be enlisting Hussein agents for espionage within Iraq.

 Explosion in Israel kills 3, wounds 12, in likely underworld-related incident.

 Timing gets out of whack when Pentagon excludes France, Germany, and Russia from Iraqi reconstruction bids, then White House asks the same countries to forgive Iraq debts.

 Supreme Court upholds campaign finance law, limits contributions.

 French commission recommends ban on ‘conspicuous’ religious signs.

 Was the red sky in Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ actually debris from a volcanic eruption?

 Iran’s Shirin Ebadi receives Nobel Peace Prize, accuses West of using Sept. 11 attacks to violate human rights.

 Are different colors of jelly bracelets like the mythological right-ear-gay earring of today? Related: The perspective on those earrings in Tanzania.

 Ben Greenman interviews Tony Kushner.

 ‘I personally wish I would have written that Smiths’ song ‘Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me.’ Genius song.’ What Are Outkast Listening To?

 Give: Advocates for Children of New York.

 Danceteria flyers from 1982 to 1986.

 School administrators begin editing the Amityville High School newspaper.

 Man goes into police station to see if he’s on their wanted list, arrested when officers spot a small amount of heroin in his ear. Related: Writer turns weird news stories into calendar.

 ‘Watch him. He ain’t looking at that magazine.’ Real-life stories from working at Barnes & Noble.

 Customized Classics, where you’re the star of well-known novels.

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