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Friday, August 29, 2008

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Today’s Feature: “The Hot ______ of the Summer” by The Writers
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Headlines for Thursday, July 3, 2003

New York’s currently: one big Asian-character tattoo

Military official says U.S. is committed to putting troops in Liberia.

Finns never win at wife-carrying.

Bush ignores Bill (Kitten-chopper) Frist’s no-gay-marriage amendment.

Where to find quiet in New York City, and where to go swimming.

Register to not be called by telemarketers.

Stock market shock explained with guitar string metaphor.

Goodie that we forgot: What does Saturday Night Live have in common with German philosophy?

News reporter’s car shuts down City Hall.

Archive of Gore Vidal in the New York Review of Books.

The forgotten museum of Henry Wellcome, medicine man.

Hot buttons for hipster-sticking.

Banned Foo Fighters video featuring sick Jack Black.

It is often said that there is no such thing as bad publicity. I wonder. People who say that are often publicists. Birnbaum interviews Graham Swift, author of Waterland.

From the wonderful collection at things: vintage side show banners, and maps of imaginary animal islands.

How to prune trees.

TODAY’S FEATURE

The Hot ______ of the Summer

In times of respite, the mind settles, focusing on what’s really relevant. Here are the TMN READERS’ AND WRITERS’ hot picks: the jam that fueled parties all summer long, the show we turned down the A/C to hear, and more.

DIGEST

High Wire

On a new story from Robert Stone—an important publishing event if ever there were one.

Secret Service

Give Me a Sign

Margaret Mason reports from 2004’s Democratic National Convention on giant paper cuts, political souvenirs, and how all those signs get together.

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