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Headlines for 11 June 2004

New York’s currently: like Bronte, but with different accents

 Unsure if he saw the memo suggesting torture, Bush says he only authorized interrogations that were consistent with U.S. laws and treaties.

 Following G8 discussions, Bush acknowledges diminished expectation for NATO involvement in Iraq, while other leaders note a move away from strongarm U.S. foreign policy.

 Scheduled to begin a concert tour this month, music legend Ray Charles dies of liver disease complications.

 Who are all these people in shorts who went to Reagan’s public viewing?

 Dogs! New research shows they may be more intelligent than previously thought, even if their Abu Ghraib handlers aren’t. More dogs in the news.

 Want to stay at Gracie Mansion? Be our guest.

 The haggard, the bored, the tired—those who missed the last train out of Grand Central.

 Swapping sterilization for votes in Brazilian politics.

 Baltimore wishes it had more Starbucks.

 Big execs used to have all the perks and none of the money—now they have both, and it’s not good for business.

 I’m kind of stumped about what to say, but I really want to say something. Richard Hell on recently deceased guitarist Bob Quine

 Surely better than the movie, the Garfield comic-strip generator.

 Take off with modernism at the Terminal 5 event at JFK Airport.

 Anthony Lane profiles the life and work of Ingmar Bergman.

 Funny, painful: Horse kicks man. [via hivelogic]

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It’s Friday / You just got paid / So it’s oh-kay / to send it our way

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