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Headlines for 4 May 2006

New York’s currently: brewing coffee with coffee, metaphorically

 Jury doesn’t reach consensus and Moussaoui gets life sentence.

 Op: Witness a noble jury refusing a terrorist his martyrdom and a state its scapegoat.

 House narrowly passes Abramoff-inspired lobbying legislation that’s a far cry from promised bill.

 Picasso portrait, “Dora Maar With Cat,” sells for $95.2 million.

 Enormous belly button gives away fake Van Dyck.

 Royal member discovered loose in the sand surrounding King Tut.

 France’s de Villepin insists he never targeted Sarko, sees slander campaign swirling around, much like his hair.

 The magic roundabout of Swindon, absolutely terrifying to American eyes.

 Thieves use laptops to crack keyless-entry cars, e.g., David Beckham’s.

 There is no need for an auxiliary power supply. Proposal for an Arizona SWAT unit to begin employing monkeys.

 “Gun-shaped teddy bear crackers ready to liven up wedding receptions.”

 If you can walk a quarter-mile, you’ll probably last six more years.

 U.S. bird flu plan missing a key element: how to pay for it.

 Thighspace.com? Couchsurfers employ web to skip hotels while traveling, preferring your spare loveseat.

 KGB Bar launches KGBBarLit magazine.

 Times blogs written by U.S. soldiers becoming excellent narratives.

 Comic-book Superrman impervious to copyediting.

 Examples of Disney’s self-plagiarization. (Very Mehta of them, if you ask us.)

 You’re a fool if you don’t take my advice. Mr. T’s advice show to debut in October.

 Wired’s appreciation of Alinea’s nouveau food, better seen here.

 George “Hamburger America” Motz’s 15 favorite burgers in the U.S.

 Eighty best places to eat out in Paris.

 Wine lovers who can’t recognize complexity in fine beers need to hurdle their hang-ups.

 Core classical recordings of the 20th century.

 Los Angeles as experienced in 1907.

 How David Blaine may manage to hold his breath for nine minutes.

 Postal Service proposes a “forever stamp” to suffice forever for first-class mail.

 The Bruckheimer Quatrains.

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