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Headlines for 16 February 2006

New York’s currently: back to soggy springtime

 Chertoff and Cheney both take responsibility, though neither’s sure what he did wrong.

 Australia airs more Abu Ghraib photographs, Arab anger fueled (pics available here).

 Hamas calls for “giant summit” with all living Israelis.

 Permission slip for parents of eighth graders includes every known cause of death.

 Hundreds of smashed ballot boxes discovered in Haiti dump; Préval declared winner.

 Wondering where art thou, missing Netflix video? The postman stole it.

 Map of goods made by today’s slaves.

 Rice wants $75 million to promote regime change within Iranisn’t promoting Middle East democracy bad for U.S. interests?

 Prostitutes call for ban on game Grand Theft Auto.

 Are the cartoon protests over? No.

 New York lawyer Ray Power, suffering from severe amnesia, discovered homeless in Chicago calling himself Jay Tower.

 Photos of small people on adventures.

 Birnbaum chats with Seven Lies author James Lasdun.

 When they began to work independently, the limitations overwhelmed them. Why the Beatles endure.

 How to trace an email.

 In case you were concerned, New York’s baby lawyers are getting fat raises.

 Seven new-music events in New York.

 Food and wine events in the city; yesterday’s food news wrapped up.

 Tips for picking a better steak at the grocery store.

 Beyonce mortified to know “bootylicious” has made it into the dictionary.

 Video: Oprah grills Cruise, the mash-up.

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