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Headlines for 25 April 2006

New York’s currently: avoiding the doctor for another ten years

 McCarthy’s lawyer says in the WaPo she didn’t leak jail secrets; “senior intel officer” says she wasn’t a “key source.”

 Third attack at a Sinai resort in two years kills 30 in Egypt.

 “666” now points to the evils of marketing, not Satan.

 Bolten’s five point plan to rebuild Bush’s poll numbers includes blustering Iran to impress Americans.

 101 films you need to see in order to talk wisely about movies.

 Thirty books that deserve love, and 25 deserving public attention.

 Were Bach’s six cello suites written by his second wife?

 Thousands of Nepalis celebrate parliament win, but the Maoists aren’t budging.

 Sadr won’t let Kirkuk go to the Kurds without a fight.

 Third of Gitmo detainees to be released, fate of the rest unknown.

 Batteries grown from viruses can store up to three times more energy than the traditional kind.

 Homeless London woman lives in her car, blogs.

 How to properly make Tuscan sausages.

 Lord of the tourist trap sculptures, including Stonehenge.

 Critics say government plan to quarantine bird-flu-infected flight passengers violates rights.

 Profile of a pricey Halliburton flop.

 University of Chicago porn, “not particularly hot”perhaps better kept to the classroom?

 “This American Life” moves to Showtime and New York.

 Percentage change in the amount of housework done by women after they marry for the first time: +17.

 Video: What happens when the entire company works in one room?

 China tries mixed messages to tamp instability.

 Snoring, or “fashionable” tattoos, will keep you out of the Chinese army.

 Fifteen “fashionable” Brooklyn restaurants.

 Now that music videos are “saleable content” pitched to tiny screens, budgets can be smaller.

 Video: It’s about time middle-class white dudes had someone to rap for them.

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