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Headlines for 3 May 2006

New York’s currently: finding Greenpoint ashes in Fort Greene and thinking, seems familiar

 Mexico’s Fox to legalize nearly all popular drugs and narcotics for personal use.

 The scale of this year’s spring Taliban attacks alarms officials, though the Taliban doesn’t make the U.S.’s list of terrorists.

 State Department offers four Spanish versions of the “Star-Spangled Banner.”

 Republicans’ $100 gas rebate is dead, and S.U.V. sales are sharply down, except for GM’s new trucks.

 NASA announces plan to launch $700 million into space.

 Three convicted in 2004 Munch thefts; $121 million repayment to be dropped if paintings are found.

 Research money may be cut for Bush’s laser weapon.

 Brooklyn fire that ripped through Greenpoint’s waterfront yesterday was the largest in a decade, excepting 9/11.

 All the signs point to blogspot—Bin Laden is a left-wing blogger.

 Two-thirds of college-age Americans can’t find Iraq on a map; half can’t find New York.

 Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby companies accused of false advertising.

 Four out of 10 women in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan use skin-whitening cream.

 Want to lose weight? Drink delicious unroasted coffee.

 ABC fluff piece on Google promotes gagging by second paragraph.

 Nearly a year into the Roberts court and procedure is more polite, less predictive, and perhaps more inquisitive.

 Real-world ATM card offered for virtual online game.

 His nipples are autographed. Really, I could just stop there. Hot chicks with douchebags.

 The Great Gatsby by John Kenny, author also of White Noise.

 The wisdom of street food.

 The new right: whole-grain, crunchy aesthetic-minded conservatives.

 Democrats use midterm ballot initiatives to split and stymie Republicans.

 Tommy Frank says fire-breathing anarchy may be just what Dems need to embrace.

 Videos: TV in Japan.

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