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Headlines for Thursday, February 8, 2007

Evening Edition

Former playmate Anna Nicole Smith found dead at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel.

Former chef Anthony Bourdain beats up on the current Food Network line-up.

Chicago study finds doctors opposed to certain types of birth control may not be giving you all your options.

Don Juan was right: There is something about manly sweat that drives women wild.

Serial dater Eric Schaeffer, who probably now drives fewer women wild, explains why you should appreciate his philosophy of love.

Portraits of gun owners and their families at home.

Considering the legalities of bombing Iran.

Take a break from the harsher headlines with a look at Eudora Welty’s beautiful Southern garden.

Now, back to doom: How to freeze global warming, literally.

Austin mayor, city council vow to kick pollution’s ass by 2020.

Former top dog of Austin says climate change has been a top concern since his first year in the White House.

His experience has obviously not improved his vision. Helen Thomas on the state of the vice president.

Afternoon Edition

Years of mutual suspicion don’t aid FBI in outreach to Muslims.

Today’s long read: The concept and practice of “total war” as it relates to today’s battles.

Veterans get to say what Democrats wish they could but can’t.

Recent poll shows McCain on the drop, Rudy on the gain.

Carter intended to provoke with his new apartheid-in-Palestine book, and it’s a provocation the Israel-cozy-complacent U.S. needs.

There are books out there for which criticism is beside the point.

In his cataloguing of the greatest albums ever, Andrew Womack tackles 1979.

Need to put a kid through college? Sell off Grandma’s master work for $600,000.

Maira Kalman’s “The Impossibility of February” (TimesSelect).

After catching the wrong bus on a shopping trip, Thai woman returns to her family after 25 years.

The telestereoscope, or, how to look at the world through a Viewmaster.

Buying a Prius isn’t enough to save the environment—you need to stop eating meat too.

Maine lobstermen offended by Whole Foods’s “flip-flop” on critter sales.

Nine animals named after celebrities.

Morning Edition

U.S. and Iraqi troops arrest deputy health minister, key member of Sadr’s bloc.

Helicopter crashes suggest insurgents are changing tactics or techniques, or the law of averages is catching up with American troops.

Ranks of seasoned U.S. diplomats don’t show much discipline about shipping off to Iraq.

Shooting erupts across the Israeli-Lebanese border for the first time since last summer.

Why it’s not worth raising hopes when North Korea wants to talk again about its nukes.

Some notes on “warm standby,” “maraging steel,” and what Iran may announce about its nuclear program.

Iran to U.S.: Attack us and we’ll react on all sides; Iranian diplomat to U.S. readers: Quit fanning the flames!

Tips on how Hezbollah can get its groove back after being slammed in the neighborhood for sectarianism.

Old cases of two German terrorists, now back in the news, reflect some modern concerns.

Bored with the Euro, German region experiments with the quickly depreciating Chiemgauer.

And with that, Russert—a compelling, likable witness if there ever was one—may have buried Libby.

Filipino hostages caught in the middle of the battle over Nigeria’s oil profits (see also, journalist’s notes from behind the camera).

Guinea-Bissau pins development hopes on a tenuous tie to Her Excellency Whoopi “Hoppy” Goldberg.

Why Prince wasn’t electrocuted at the Super Bowl.

Tips on living green in New York. See also, travel tips for New York state.

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