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Headlines for 14 March 2006

New York’s currently: number-lunching

 Flubs dog Moussaoui case; judge considers sparing him the death penalty.

 Iraqi police find more than 60 bodies in the last 24 hours; new parliament needed more than ever.

 Britain cuts its troops in Iraq by 10 percent.

 Iranian human rights activists say Bush’s democracy-promotion money is wasted, harmful.

 Op: Purim for Iran’s Jews is a story of tragedy foretold.

 Milosevic’s son says his father was murdered; toxicologist says it was part of a ploy.

 Maintenance instructions for your $6,500 life-size silicone sex doll.

 The hottest human-made thing ever, or, My Memoirs of My Geisha.

 Odds have been updated for the ToB OTB, so get your bets in before Monday, help charity, and win great prizes!

 Tar Heels and Dookies get number one seeds in women’s tournament.

 Among meats he favors pork chops. Your favorite Met’s hobbies and interests.

 Fearing litigation, colleges open minority scholarships and programs to white kids.

 What should you do if your eyeball falls out?

 Current, not future, applications of nanotechnology.

 Kate Valk is back in the Wooster Group’s Emperor Jones.

 O’Brien on Beckett: If Yeats sought the unattainable muse and Joyce the carnal muse, Beckett plumped for the anti-muse.

 Schoolchildren effectively channel Beckett and Glass.

 Musical minimalism deserves a retrospective—an overview explaining why.

 Helsinki street fashion. See also, museum of bad album covers.

 The religious affiliation of comic book characters.

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