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Headlines for 1 December 2004

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 Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge leaves the building, neither pushed nor begged to stay.

 Generals in Iraq warned in December 2003, pre-Abu Ghraib photos, that an elite unit was abusing detainees with illegal force.

 Ukrainian parliament ousts Prime Minister’s government; Major embarrassment anticipated for Putin.

 Fascinating story on how the White House press corps designs questions to (hopefully, and rarely) surprise the President.

 Deer density is increasing. Hunter density is decreasing. Ecological nightmare anticipated as whitetail deer continue to multiply, and ruin America.

 Charts show burden of legal red tape on principals and teachers in New York Citye.g., how to fire an inept teacher.

 Investigations into the Dan Rather-Donald Barthelme-Frequency/Kenneth conspiracy.

 Scientists find signs of Alzheimer’s in Iris Murdoch’s last book, Jackson’s Dilemma.

 Video: The best actor to play George W. Bush is clearly Don Knotts.

 Despite apocalyptic predictions about the industry, classical recordings thrive.

 Index of Shel Silverstein’s work in Playboy.

 Books by big names, paid giant advances by big publishers, don’t necessarily mean good sales.

 Informative look at the UN’s current crisis of irrelevancy, and the unlikely chance of reform.

 Miramax, Weinstein, and Scorcese prepare grand push to land The Aviator on the Oscars’ stage.

 Authors personally introduce their books via meettheauthor.com.

 Penthouse letters hilariously condensed.

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