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Headlines for 5 May 2006

New York’s currently: cinco de everything

 Senate passes $109 billion emergency spending bill for wars, hurricanes, and Rhode Island.

 Largest Darfur rebel group agrees to peace deal—two smaller groups are unhappy with the terms, however.

 Building costs for WTC memorial steaming toward $1 billion—will planning begin anew?

 Cheney sends “heavily vetted” barbs toward Russia; please note: All of these men are smiling.

 1) Zarqawi releases videos to mock U.S.; 2) U.S. finds video outtakes, releases them to mock Zarqawi.

 Newly discovered memo may prove Zarqawi is exploiting sectarian violence in Iraq.

 The minimum number of players is clearly four: three men on and one batting. That’s how we played: four people on a side. We tried baseball and it didn’t work.

 Study says full-time, stay-at-home mothers could command a salary of $134,121; scientists say hot dads don’t always equal hot sons.

 New Penguin editions with cool covers are so good you’ll want to eat them.

 This Sunday’s Fort Green Association House Tour includes a stop at the top of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank to enjoy the views.

 Why we answer our cellphones when no one is calling.

 Andrew Lauren, son of Ralph, wants TMN’s Kevin Guilfoile to write the screenplay for Cast of Shadows, the movie.

 Rep. Kennedy prefaces announcement of a traffic accident with: “I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident.”

 The corruption surrounding Boston’s Big Dig.

 John Cage said to play his organ piece as slow as possible; note four starts today.

 The only thing worse than Godsmack is being the lead singer of Godsmack during this interview.

  In short, did sampling jump the shark, or was it pushed?

 Are you a Dylanist or an Enoid?

 “Tropical diseases are here to stay in Canada.” Global warming has unexpected, deadly effects.

 Welcoming new advertisers to the Deck this week: 5inch and scanR.

 Undersecretary of agriculture visits sixth-grade science classes to argue why cutting down trees is a good thing, gets no takers.

 New Yorkers pick up their dogs’ poo—Texans do not.

 Audio: 42 hours with Buckminster Fuller.

 If you wanted, you could watch a lot of TV right now.

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