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Headlines for 3 February 2004

New York’s currently: leering at groundhogs

 Lethal poison Ricin suspected in Senate offices, three buildings closed.

 Kerry loosens up, works the crowd to better effect.

 Bush unveils arts-slashing budget that also drops prison programs. Related: A budget that plays upon America’s fears.

 France passes bill banning ‘conspicuous’ religious symbols in public school.

 ‘This thing is going to be an administrative nightmare.’ Meet line 56 on the New York state income tax form, for unpaid sales and use taxes.

 Longing for a token: when MetroCard machines break down.

 City send 150 cops to patrol its most crime-prone schools.

 California dogs without leashes, going feral.

 Mingering Mike, the music star who never existed with a back catalog that did.

 F.C.C. to investigate release of Janet Jackson’s breast. Related: It depends on whether or not you think Carol Channing, who was the sole half-time act at Super Bowl IV, is a saucy minx. Q&A on what was up with the Super Bowl.

 How to build a nation, whenever nation-building is required.

 Many of them are up in years and can be recognized by their fur hats, weather-beaten faces, and thick mustaches. They sip vodka and indulge in nostalgia for their homeland. Russian ice-fishing in Westchester.

 Insects in album cover art. [via coudal]

 The economic implications of discovering a frozen Copper Age corpse.

 Incredible lists. [via ftrain]

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