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Headlines for 8 December 2004

New York’s currently: whatever’s thicker than pea soup

 House approves intelligence restructuring bill 336-75; Senate to vote today.

 Under the bill, the new chief of intelligence may lose all authority without presidential backing.

 Ambassador’s brief to UN: “No progress” in Darfur.

 New York State to reduce its mandatory drug sentences, which are considered some of the harshest in the country.

 Matthew Baldwin has runners-up for his 2004 Good Gift Games Guide.

 How radiators work—and why they don’t.

 Groups oppose development in an environmentally sensitive area in Maryland, set fire to 41 un-familied houses; authorities claim “eco-terrorism.”

 A cartoon history of Iceland.

 Surowiecki on how corporations hold cities hostage with economic threats, and why that’s bad for all of us.

 Video: Beautiful music videos from ’90s shoegazers Slowdive.

 Boys hit woman’s car with golf ball… then apologize to her… then she runs them over with her car.

 The Poop Report wants to know why the media thinks toilet humor is only OK so long as we’re talking about Duchamp.

 A gallery of Cary Grant lobby cards.

 Eulogizing the career of Dave Barry, written like Dave Barry.

 Audio blog of drunk answering machine messages.

 Who’s on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

 Oh, and please: Beware of Children.

 Your donations this holiday season make us dance like those kids on A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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