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Headlines for 22 March 2006

New York’s currently: very sunny, very cold, very eager to see spring

 Basque separatists ETA declare permanent ceasefire.

 Political capital burns in Iraq, says Bush, plus troops will be there until 2009.

 Conservatives gleeful that federal money—at least $157 million in grants—is finally funneling to their causes.

 Until last week, Amazon’s search engine preferred “adoption” to “abortion.”

 Christians mobilize “truth squads” to fight Da Vinci Code movie.

 Robert Parker: whether wine’s best friend or worst enemy, he’s certainly having a bad two years.

 Marine Corps deserter from 1968 caught two weeks ago.

 Despite 20 years of anti-fume efforts, cancer risk for residents of Los Angeles is twice the national average.

 Interview with photographer David Maisel.

 People tend 2 project on2 U whatever they want 2 c. Prince has a new album, and a decorating lawsuit.

 CNN should be held accountable for this headline.

 Speaking of headlines: Japan harvests China’s organs.

 How to harvest ice.

 Sesame Street aims new DVDs at six-month-olds while pediatricians hold steady: no TV before age two.

 Pre-pixelated clothes for reality TV shows.

 How to configure 3,000 laptops in three days.

 New Jersey deserves a monument to its rockers just because the state rocks so hard.

 The story behind “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is not very happy.

 Billy Joel used to teach poetry.

 Explaining just how the Virginia Quarter Review got so good.

 Call for rejection letters. See also, parallels between middle school and two terms of Bush.

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