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Headlines for 2 February 2006

New York’s currently: toasting world peace, always

 Remember Sharon? He’s still in a coma, and now he has a feeding tube in his stomach.

 Kenya’s government has spent more than $12 million on new cars since 2002.

 Profile of Johnny Dang, Houston’s grille master.

 City restaurants install webcams to spy on diners.

 Q&A explains why the IAEA is meeting to discuss Iran.

 Op: The Russian proposal is a red herring—and if Iran goes for it, we may lose our last pressure point.

 In the city of skinnies, New York school children get their whole milk stolen.

 Bill Gates is actually too rich for the IRS.

 Nearly as rich, Oracle’s Larry Ellison worries his accountant with risky spending.

 Ten companies’ support email addresses queried in race to answer simple question.

 French editor fired after running cartoons depicting Muhammad, all the rage among European newspapers, especially the Danish ones.

 Christ shows solution to every New Yorker caption contest.

 TMN’s Choire Sicha gets a personal assistant, learns how to smoke with his penis.

 Win a free book with a little ingenuity by noon, MacGyver.

 Had the filmmakers not respected the material: Lord of the Rings commercials.

 Video: Broke Mac Mountain.

 Teenager reports stolen marijuana to police.

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