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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Currently: seeing sunrises for eight years strong
Today’s Feature: “Plan B” by Sarah Kessler
Latest in Digest: Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!

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Headlines for Thursday, May 15, 2003

New York’s currently: enjoying a long spring

Announcement forecast: the U.K. is not ready for the Euro.

Manhattan judge rules transit fare hikes unfair.

Doctor catchs SARS, returns home and infects relatives, then beats the disease after it kills his father, mother, and wife, then is arrested.

A gallery of Saddam Hussein’s fantasy art collection.

‘Industrial fishing practices have decimated every one of the world’s biggest and most economically important species of fish…’

Pfizer launches ‘Zoloft for Everything’ ad campaign.

Trial underway for woman killed by too much silicone injected into her buttocks at ‘pumping parties.’

Ah yes: The VICE guide to being totally crushed out!

Are you a nontaster, medium taster, or supertaster? (Also, a real test to learn if you’re a supertaster.)

People in Los Angeles apparently dress like gym-rats.

Recent food discovery: Zingerman’s.

Somehow, a Sedaris story we missed: When God begins to cancel flights, scholars get upset.

Dead man left on gym floor while others exercise.

Lipograms, dead words, Scrabble, and other hi-jinks.

TODAY’S FEATURE

Plan B

Determining that precise instant when life starts is a big subject in American politics, but it’s rarely discussed with much nuance. SARAH KESSLER investigates a fateful moment when she made a choice.

DIGEST

Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!

This They Might Be Giants video features their take on a campaign song so adored that its popularity has significantly outlasted the presidencies it helped put in office.

COOL HAND/PLANT

Name That Congress

Non-Expert Andrew Womack reveals President Bush’s nicknames for each member of the Democratic House and Senate.

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