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Headlines for 9 February 2006

New York’s currently: wondering when it will be the sick passenger

 U.S. enlists feeding tubes to quell hunger strikes at Guantanamo.

 Suicide bomber attacks Shiite holiday procession in Pakistan, killing 22.

 Inside tolerant Denmark, many are perplexed at being the focus of Muslim anger.

 Bird flu reaches Nigeria, worries experts who say Africa’s veterinary controls are too weak to contain the virus.

 Cancer deaths in U.S. drop for the first time in over 70 years.

 Solve today’s MacGyver challenge and you could win a copy of Danny Gregory’s new book.

 Fiction… but it has the absolute ring of truth. American Association of Petroleum Geologists presents journalism award to Michael Crichton.

 The story of the city employee who kept a power plant from exploding during the 2003 blackout pretty much arrives as a movie treatment.

 Video: Fighting Life: Rejoicing the Human Spirit.

 Vast sections of the city are still without utilities. Without electricity, businesses can’t open their doors; without open businesses, electric bills can’t be paid. Limbo Land, New Orleans.

 Computer determines found Pollocks aren’t the real thing.

 Reports suggests wiretapping may have been used to get wiretapping warrants.

 It’s so hard to get the good wiretapping these days.

 How to explain away your Google search history.

 Finland wants more grandparents to have recess.

 Video: The Secret Machines, “Alone, Jealous, and Stoned.”

 Japanese designer creates one ca-ra-zy chair.

 It sucks when your spelling bee judge screws up.

 The Park Slope of the future is a techno-wasteland, at least according to Freejack.

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