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Headlines for 23 March 2006

New York’s currently: noticeably beard

 Raid on house in Iraq frees Norman Kember and two other Christian peace workers.

 Still reeling from last year’s financial losses, G.M. to offer buyouts to 113,000 union workers.

 Sonia Gandhi resigns from Indian parliament over moonlighting allegations.

 We’re no. 1: New Yorkers breathe the dirtiest air in the U.S., have a higher risk of cancer than anyone else.

 Regular at Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop in Manhattan saves his favorite lunch counter.

 William McKinley: pancreatic necrosis, fatal gunshot wound, blood poisoning. A list of presidential ailments.

 Supreme Court rules that police cannot enter a couple’s home without a warrant unless both partners present agree they can come in.

 Coyote turns lovable scamp after a day of fun and frolicking throughout Central Park.

 Is Unknown White Male a fraud?

 Today in the ToB: Never Let Me Go vs. The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole, judged by Georgie Lewis

 The attention deficit disorder drugs that you’re giving your kids may be making them hallucinate bugs and snakes.

 Here’s to overpaying American doctors so they never go on strike.

 The hip and fashionable give some serious thought to their beards, most likely whilst stroking them.

 China to tax the 45 billion pair of disposable chopsticks used each year.

 University of Memphis law professors want to ban laptops in the classroom.

 Is the Times op-ed page overcompensating by publishing pro-life males?

 Democrats fight back at Republicans, prep for elections by writing books, which will go straight to paperback.

 Babies can learn two words in five minutes. What can you do?

 He never becomes incoherent, though occasionally he seems confused. During interview, Pete Doherty does heroin, crack, and ecstasy.

 Video: Apocalypse Pooh.

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