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Headlines for 17 February 2006

New York’s currently: reverting to its natural state

The Morning News will be off Monday, Feb. 20, in celebration of the executive office of the U.S. government. We’ll be back on Tuesday, celebrating everything but.

 Interior Ministry-sanctioned death squads confirmed in Iraq, stopped by highway patrol on their way to an execution.

 Mudslide in Philippines leaves 1,500 missing.

 If the White House and Senate Republicans decide they’d rather not hold an inquiry on warrantless wiretapping, then that’s just what’s going to happen—nothing at all.

 How to trust your government, bury your dead.

 Justice in Rwandan genocide proves difficult, as many accused commit suicide before they can face charges.

 Hunt for show whippet at JFK dwindles after helicopter search turns up nothing.

 You could imagine great armadas of icebergs breaking off Greenland and melting as they float south. And, of course, huge areas being flooded.

 Movies that are “inspired by a true story” are sometimes that, except when a better story presents itself.

 Study links caloric intake, apple peels to heart age.

 How to explain to your kids why you wrote the books you wrote.

 The distance between winning an Olympic event and receiving a medal can be pretty far. And: Can you really bite into a gold medal?

 Then Top Ten Sci-Fi Films That Never Existed.

 Matthew Baldwin witnesses a plot gone wrong while in line at the drugstore.

 Between the Squibs dives into the New Yorker DVD, finds pearls.

 Video: Everybody loves Django.

 Consolation/commiseration if you’re having trouble learning Chinese.

 The Ricky Gervais podcast sets a Guinness record.

 Virginia cops nabbing prostitutes using the “full-contact method.”

 Find out what the bands stopping in your town sound like.

 Real-life M*A*S*H shut down.

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