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Headlines for 6 February 2006

New York’s currently: got the face on—even when it doesn’t mean to

 Two die in Afghan cartoon protest; Protesters torch the Danish embassy in Beirut.

 Annie Proulx: Film can be more powerful than the written word.

 ABC cancels Acting With The Stars.

 Feudal schism between orchestras invited by Carnegie Hall to come play and those who rent the stage.

 Need a cause? Become a 21st-century abolitionist.

 Go on and Gyve a little—enter by noon to win a free copy of Danny Gregory’s new book!

 Author Betty Friedan died Saturday at 85.

 What it’s like, as an author, to be reviewed badly by Donald Trump.

 Op: Let’s stop publishing books that needn’t be books.

 How to big box Manhattan: be sneaky, just like Home Depot.

 Questions for freeway exit-ramp beggars.

 Discovering your discovery has already been discovered—a surprisingly common occurrence among scientists.

 Video: Super bowl commercials.

 Phallus selected as symbol to warn of nuclear dumping site.

 Blow-by-blow account of violence when Liza Minelli visited The Muppet Show.

 Betting on this year’s TOB not good enough for you? Build your own Oscar pool!

 China vs. Japan, round 18109: Memoirs of a Geisha cancelled in China.

 100 years of music mapped using the London Underground.

 Colorado music teacher who showed Faust in class accused of satanism, homosexuality.

 Youth saves woman’s life who saved his seven years earlier.

 Youths now arrested for the booze inside them.

 How I stalked my girlfriend, a lesson in cheap cell-phone surveillance.

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