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Headlines for 30 November 2004

New York’s currently: the remains of the turkey

 U.N. gives seal of approval to European nuclear deal with Iran; U.S. criticizes the move, but reserves the right to call for sanctions.

 There is no more dangerous job in Iraq than being a police officer—but as unemployment soars, so does recruitment.

 Outgoing Ukraine president supports a revote, while Ukrainian parliament considers a no-confidence motion in the government.

 Powell’s noise about strained U.S.-Ukraine relations is followed by Bush’s silence.

 Red Cross charges that the U.S. military, as well as some medical workers, engaged in tactics “tantamount to torture” at Guantánamo Bay.

 Read transcripts, listen to excerpts of Kennedy calls to Mississippi Governor Barnett during the Ole Miss stand-off in 1962, and other White House tapes at American RadioWorks.

 Look at Me has new old photos and a spanking new site.

 The sun is shining outside, but it’s still raining: What do you call that? The answers vary.

 How to manufacture a girl group.

 Huge archive of movie trailers at Turner Classic Movies. [via coudal]

 Criticizing critics’ book-of-the-year lists and trolling Connecticut for old writers’ homes.

 Late on seeing this necessary reading: Anti-birth-control pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions for the pill.

 Gift ideas for the holidays! Exploding Dog’s new book, Amazing Rain; Cat and Girl’s Newtown Creek Sewage Processing Plant 2005 Calendar.

 Disclaimer stickers for science textbooks.

 See what the stars look like, wherever you are. (No walking outside necessary.)

 Animated, with pirates of course: How to Kill a Mockingbird.

 Thank you to the three readers who gave big to The Morning News yesterday! Your donations really do help us keep it going!

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