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Headlines for 18 July 2006

New York’s currently: panting, just to see if it works

 As the Senate gets ready to approve federal funding of stem-cell research, Bush readies his veto button.

 Op: The President’s morality is holding back our scientific advancement; no, that would be the fault of scientific patents.

 Federal “pregnancy resource centers” are misleading women, telling them abortions can cause breast cancer, infertility.

 Outside Shiite shrine in southern Iraq, 59 die as car bomber loads up day laborers in a van laced with explosives.

 France and Italy have evacuated 1,600 Europeans from Lebanon to Cyprus; Americans, on the other hand, may need to pay the U.S. government to get a ride out.

 Records that indicate a freelance writer is dead turn out to be tough to correct.

 France in a tizzy over its first black anchorman.

 Poorly written legislation means livestock farmers get disaster compensation even without a disaster.

 Wal-Mart set to begin MySpace-like social web site, in-store healthcare.

 TMN’s Kevin Guilfoile gets made by the Outfit, which is the Chicago mob, and also a group of Chicago crime writers.

 Illustrated interview with indie flick wunderkind Richard Linklater, or “what it’s like to produce a metric ton of frames of Keanu Reeves.”

 Guy who does yoga finds a way to mention that he does yoga.

 It’s hot! But TMN Summer T-shirts are made of light, breathable cotton, and look great with heat rash.

 Mickey Spillane dies, age 88.

 He did show a knack for connecting to the basest impulses of the crowd by deploying his most effective licks at key moments to elicit a powerful crowd reaction. Pat Metheny on Kenny G.

 People avoid highbrow movies whenever possible.

 Converse footwear as waistwear.

 Stock-car kid too young to enter the go-kart arena at local amusement park.

 A map depicting the growth of the U.S. obesity epidemic over the past 20 years.

 The TV Single Dad must be seen in an active parental role, living with and providing support for the children without assistance from their biological mother or stepmother.

 How to “prost” in 50 languages.

 Don’t rub in your sunscreen.

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