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Headlines for 25 August 2004

New York’s currently: fed up with the illogical and ridiculous belief that governments, especially ours, should be more than corrupt, inept, and corrosive.

 Two Russian jetliners crash within minutes of each other after departing same Moscow airport; Chechen rebel leaders deny involvement.

 Oh, good: Companies responsible for certifying U.S. touch-screen voting machines operate in complete secrecy, and refuse to discuss reported flaws in technology to be used by a third of November’s voters.

 One third of U.S. lakes and one-quarter of its rivers are spoiled by mercury, potentially harmful for children and pregnant women.

 Man intentionally loses wallets around New York City to discover how nice Gothamites can be.

 Prison-abuse investigation panel says blame goes all the way to the top, but firing Rumsfeld would be a boon to America’s enemies.

 Perhaps to show he doesn’t pull every string, Cheney backs gay marriage, saying policy changes should be left to the states.

 Man quits iPod, breaking addiction to constant need for soundtracked life.

 Pataki and Giuliani gunning to Obama the Republican Convention, and right now Pataki’s ahead.

 PDF of interview with Hollywood production designer Ed Verreaux, on exactly what his job entails (e.g., for Starsky & Hutch).

 Additions to the popular insiders’ tricks written up by TMN’s Matthew Baldwin yesterday.

 Margaret Thatcher’s son arrested in Cape Town, accused of planning to help overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s government.

 As it happens, lonely foreigners on cold islands don’t look forward to visitors. All your Iceland belongs to the Iceland Review.

 People in wheelchairs have a 1-in-4,162 chance of flagging down an accessible taxi in New York.

 Pianist Angela Hewitt on Glenn Gould’s erratic driving, pill-popping, and Canadian-ness.

 Video: ‘Appearances’ by Citizens Here and Abroad.

 Leaning Tower of Pisa’s tilt halted, stablized for the first time in more than eight centuries.

 We have an enormous amount of love for yesterday’s TMN patrons who put a little cash in our hearts.

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