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Headlines for 18 April 2006

New York’s currently: about to leave the coat at home

 Suicide bombing in Tel Aviv—the deadliest attack in Israel in two years—receives approval from Hamas, condemnation by Abbas.

 Mississippi senators earmark $700 million in a war spending bill to relocate a Gulf Coast rail line that’s already been rebuilt.

 New White House Chief of Staff signals overhaul in personnel, telling those planning to leave to pack up now.

 Osteoporosis drug is shown to reduce the chance of developing breast cancer, but with less chance of side effects—such as uterine cancer and blood clots—of similar drugs.

 On April 18, 1906, the “Great Quake” struck San Francisco.

 Former Illinois governor George Ryan found guilty on all counts.

 Eighty-three-year-old Japanese soldier turns up in the Ukraine.

 Long Island man who had his neighbor’s cat euthanized is a regular at the animal shelter.

 Principal who imposed classroom lockdown during immigration walkouts must have read “nuclear attack” as “unclear attack.”

 Software shows the shape of songs: Chopin, “Mazurka in F# Minor,” Bach, “Goldberg Variations,” Madonna, “Like A Prayer.”

 CEOs say how you treat wait staff is a good indicator of character.

 David Sedaris: “It seems a bit silly to me that everyone gets their panties in a knot because a first-time memoirist lied! You’ve got these people saying, ‘That drunk lied to us!’ Well, yeah, he’s a drunk!”

 Iraq and the U.N. are trying to save Babylon, with plans to set up a cultural center “and possibly even an Iraqi theme park.”

 WhatACrappyPresent.com vs. Kids Go Crazy at Christmas (video).

 We can study [Cobain’s] poetical imagination at work by reading the only poem in his published journals. His response demonstrates that he died by a willful act of misreading.

 A scientific explanation for why girls go wild—context is everything.

 Man caught after two years of overriding traffic lights to get to work on time.

 Jason Kottke joins TMN and others on the Deck—limited advertising opportunities are available through July.

 Unlike Flintstone and Jetson, Bob the Builder is a total workaholic.

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