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Headlines for 10 September 2004

New York’s currently: where babies come from

 U.S. army moves against three insurgent strongholds in Iraq, show of strength anticipating January elections.

 Finally! Congress to let ban on assault weapons expire on Monday!

 China, U.K. try to dissuade North Korea from nuclear weaponizing, especially after bluster that South Korea’s recent cop to playing with plutonium threatens new arms race.

 Fuchs wants Kuntz talks.

 Horse’s head. Baby bird in a jar. Pit bull chained to a tree. Items found on California’s shores.

 Cheney unable to dismantle “vote Kerry, vote terrorism” remark, but happily says Hussein gave “safe harbor” to Al Qaeda, without evidence.

 Trends: Editors in publishing valued for closing deals, not editing; a publishing story wherein selling the book is the easiest part.

 Jesus t-shirts are cool, until people are just wearing them for trend’s sake, not faith.

 Message board for newspaper copy editors, and their groupies.

 To be, or not to be, I there’s the point. Early quartos of Shakespeare’s plays now online.

 Half a million Jamaicans told to evacuate coastal areas in preparation for Hurricane Ivan.

 Video: Ways in which the Aeron chair sucks.

 Graphic novel Persepolis reviewed via slideshow.

 60 Minutes documents on Bush’s military record suspected of forgery, with telltale Microsoft Word superscripts.

 More video: Special effects revealed in Pepsi kung-fu ad.

 Bushmaster rifle manufacturer to pay D.C. sniper victims $2.5 million settlement.

 Database of information on wrecks across the Pacific Ocean.

 New Yorkers! Janet Cardiff’s audio walk in Central Park ends on Monday, go now!

 Merci, grazie, and many thanks to the three people this week who said, TMN, you are no Bill Hemmer, but we love you anyway.

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