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Headlines for 21 February 2006

New York’s currently: life lessening

 For seven years U.S. intel groups have been reclassifying public info.

 U.S. military suspects Iraqi highway patrol forces are stocked with death squads.

 Twenty-six dead in Iraq yesterday, 60 injured.

 Sedaris: Art is more fun when you buy it with your family.

 Holocaust denier Irving goes to jail and Lipstadt is dismayed (see Lipstadt with Birnbaum here).

 How Pentagon insiders tried to ban abuse—and who stopped them.

 Scientists say early man was more hider than hunter.

 Op: If you want to improve the world, try lending instead of giving.

 Christian history of the world claims five billion people can live in Texas.

 Timeline of Axl Rose’s new album Chinese Democracy.

 What happens if 60 cell phones ring at the same time in the Strand? (See video here.)

 Real-estate tool Zillow.com values homes in your neighborhood.

 Domino’s founder builds 11,000-home devout Catholic town in Florida—just don’t try buying any condoms there.

 Arizona senator says there’s no way to defend teaching Moody’s Ice Storm.

 Who will be the ultimate blogger (2)?

 Man wakes up on the F train, carrying a swimsuit. It’s raining out. He fears he’s committed a crime.

 When claiming a catastrophic hailstorm destroyed your crops, don’t use ice cubes.

 How to put Grace Jones into an impossible arabesque.

 Height/weight chart of bodies.

 Man coughs up nail 35 years later.

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