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Headlines for 26 September 2003

New York’s currently: in its favourite dress

 George Plimpton died Thursday night.

 Shocking: August heat wave killed nearly 15,000 in France.

 Edward Said dies at 67.

 Magnitude 8 earthquake in Japan injures hundreds, cuts off power, water.

 Do-not-call registry blocked in federal court after being protected in Congress.

 Design contest for 2012 NYC Olympic Village begins.

 NBC’s new Coupling may be horrible (we don’t know), but why is MSNBC okay with saying it’s boring (and ‘heinous filth’)? That’s like the opposite of conflict of interests.

 Woman creates makeshift sculptures in Home Depots, then quickly photographs them.

 Red Lobster president loses job over all-you-can-eat crab promotion.

 Fleeing the country? Or packing off to Texas? Work on your many accents with these MP3s.

 One great fan covers the week-long Suede performances in London (a whole album every night!).

 Innovative shoplifting techniques, including ‘crotching.’

 Whalelane #8 is now available, and Tobias Seamon has ‘A Treatise on Sezures’ up at Locus Novus.

 Amazing photos of an old church in South Carolina.

 Plus, I am not even Chinese, so I am not a China girl per se, just a pretender to the throne. Margaret Cho has a blog, where she writes about many things, including David Bowie.

 A Brain Exploder from Dennis Mahoney.

 A Flash crib sheet with photos and platforms from all the California recall candidates. Except the ones who are really running.

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