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Headlines for 5 August 2004

New York’s still: making so hot right now jokes

 Car bomb kills five in Baghdad; 12 dead in Mosul; local tribesmen in Falluja rescue four hostages in raid.

 At the Times, Malcolmson says Obama isn’t “black in the usual way.” At the Post, Williams says, “Holy shit, what?”

 White House hails progress in raising the deficit by $70 billion to become the highest ever.

 It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting. Springsteen endorses, to tour for Kerry/Edwards.

 Washington judge rules state law barring gay marriage is unconstitutional.

 Three nearby banks robbed while police provided security for Kerry and Bush campaigns in Iowa.

 If FDR and Lincoln did fine without seeing combat, is Kerry’s military service all that valuable to a war-time President?

 Left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers. Should New York secede from the union?

 Guide to safe sex with animals, e.g., how to mate with a dolphin.

 Watching the media: The Daily Howler, Media Matters, Opinion Journal, The Campaign Desk.

 Buy tickets for The Booth Variations. Or, buy plastic toys because you’re so impressed by the web design.

 It is autumn, overcast and chilly. Girls find a red flower and bury it. Everyone speaks in the passive voice. Roger Ebert sees The Village so you don’t have to.

 Top 10 fictional detectives.

 Photographer Cartier-Bresson dies at 95, master known for remarkable moments.

 Weekly news as drawn into mash-note.

 Waugh waugh waugh: Trailer for soon-to-come Bright Young Things.

 List of famous born-again Christian laypeople.

 Red beans and rice to yesterday’s three backers of The Morning News!

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