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Headlines for 12 May 2004

New York’s currently: doubting the forecasts

 Before Senate hearing, general and under secretary of defense contradict each other on who was in charge of Iraq prisons.

 Militants in Iraq behead West Chester, Pa., man in retaliation for American prison abuses.

 U.S. abuse cases reach to Afghanistan, where a former police colonel recounts similar treatment last summer.

 Stunning computer animation and the largest lawnmower in the world.

 Thirty years in the planning, Chelsea recreation center finally opens.

 How to destory a political opponent, according to the 2000 campaign to elect Bush: Hire lawyers and watch. Related: Kerry and Bush focus on an increasingly complex electoral map.

 Built by Wendy fashions a new line with Wrangler.

 In the face of diminishing yields and the promises of Nafta, Native Americans continue the search for peyote buttons.

 Famous chefs, criss-crossing the country to cookand open new restaurants.

 The history of the English language, diagrammed.

 The Strand Book Store doubles its measurements, from eight miles of books, to 16.

 Coffee and tea: More effective when you drink it smaller and often.

 Mike Sacks is dynamite, strong, captivating. Mike Sacks enjoys reading to senior citizens. A promotional message from Michael Sacks to his girlfriend.

 Back to the original, but which to buy? Selecting from the many species of wild salmon.

 Two years after his brother’s death, David Reimer, of the notorious Brian-Brenda gender experiment, kills self.

 A primer on cleaning out old foodstuffs from your pantry, determining which are the rancid, the expired, and the mummified.

 Celebrate your synthesision at the MoogFest, Tuesday, May 15, with Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson at B.B. King’s Bar & Grill in Times Square.

 Photographic essays on modern ruins.

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