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Headlines for 14 September 2004

New York’s currently: hoping its daily labor adds up to much

 Baghdad car bomb kills 47, wounds more than 100.

 Grabbing power where possible, Putin announces plans to “manage democracy” by ending popular elections of governors and independent lawmakers.

 Two to three percent of children on antidepressants have suicidal thoughts or behavior says FDA.

 Every lady I did not kill got paid what we both agreed on. Notes written for police by Gary Ridgway, Seattle’s “Green River Killer.”

 Kerfluffle over Minneapolis handyman’s gift to New York City of $1.4 million.

 Who will you pray for this week? Fear not, the Presidential Prayer Team will tell you.

 Accounts of Russian soldiers raping, torturing Chechens. See also, Russians trapped between a paranoid President and well-trained terrorists.

 Preparing for Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America, when FDR is beat by a Nazi-sympathizing Charles Lindbergh.

 US Airways’ declaring bankruptcy is no surprise when the big carriers are dying.

 Lives compared in Piscataway, NJ; Kochi, Japan; and Zhuzhou, China.

 Details of attacks, casualties in Iraq yesterday.

 Photos: Tokyo Polaroid Plus.

 Machiavelli never worked in a college English department, but he would have enjoyed it.

 Controversial essay arguing Louis Armstrong liked women who knew how to worship the trumpet.

 Tonight, New Yorkers: Opening of “Have You Eaten Yet? The Chinese Restaurant in America.”

 The notion that the sport might have had its origins in a form of siege warfare is appealing. Why, exactly, does everyone love pole-vaulting?

 Website, about Romania, decays further with each visit.

 Hey! Thanks to yesterday’s TMN-backer! It’s great to know you care!

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