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Headlines for 6 May 2004

New York’s currently: still not buying Monica and Rachel could afford that apartment

 Bush scolds Rumsfeld for failure to notify him of Iraqi abuse photos. Related: The scandal borne of Rumsfeld’s lawless regime in Iraq.

 Seeking to calm Arab outrage over Iraqi prison abuses, Bush takes interviews on Arab television, says ‘justice will be delivered,’ but never ‘sorry,’ as more prison photos are released.

 On rape rooms and torture chambers, what Bush said as the prison scandal unfolded.

 White House asks for $25 billion more to fund wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

 No protesting! You might mess up the grass.

 Height and cumulative thinking: Science predicts the President.

 How could ‘normal’ Americans dehumanize Iraqi prisoners to such an extent? Reviewing a 1971 psychology experiment at Stanford.

 Looking at antiquated air traffic laws and how they may have contributed to the NBC copter crash.

 Watching cats watching cats watching cats watching cats.

 I would love to write sheer nonsense. Henry Miller Paris Review interview from 1962.

 Build your own Village from the Prisoner, in LEGO.

 It sure sounds like it could be, but is it Fred Durst’s blog?

 Before you spend two hours tonight watching something you wish you hadn’t, see if you’re up to the challenge with the Friends test.

 Michael Brophy paintings for sale, many of golfers are available.

 Boxing gloves that brought only love.

 A history of the Fender Jazzmaster and Jaguar. [via things]

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