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Headlines for 26 July 2004

New York’s currently: incredibly rested

 Armstrong wins Tour de France for record sixth time in a row.

 Network anchors snipe over convention coverage, networks’ lazy reporting.

 Under presure, Bush may adopt 9/11 reforms soon after studying report in Crawford.

 Dems all smiles around candidate Kerry, stealing a page right from the Republican playbook.

 We commend for your blessing and guidance those coping with redundancy. Eleven liturgies for accountants and economists, who are rarely mentioned in church prayers.

 Danny Gregory illustrates fishing in Manhattan.

 EU foreign ministers push for UN sanctions against Sudan.

 Video: Slowtron interview with rock show merch designer Jason Gnewikow.

 Who provided the nearly half a million dollars it cost to carry out the attacks? Questions that remain unanswered after the 9/11 commission’s investigation.

 Airline pilots, flying for troubled businesses during peak travel season, struggle with fatigue.

 Answers to everything you were afraid to ask about Donnie Darko.

 They are taking advantage of people’s anxiety about the war. Gas station owner wages guerilla war against Getty, slashes prices.

 Photo: “The Lost Border,” photographs of the Iron Curtain.

 Q&A on Sudan’s Darfur, up to 50,000 killed and a million in flight.

 86,000 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonality.

 MP3: William Shatner performs Pulp’s “Common People.”

 Thanks to the four donors who told The Morning News last week to keep on keepin’ on.

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