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Sunday, July 20, 2008

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Today’s Feature: “A Survivor’s Journal” by Matthew Baldwin
Digest: “Mp3 Digest” by Mike Smith

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Headlines for Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Afternoon Edition

Cheney makes a surprise stop in Baghdad, where he is expected to encourage Iraqi lawmakers to skip their usual summer recess.

Fires threaten the bone-dry Griffith Park area of Los Angeles. (Updates here.)

Europe to see a rash of new leaders as Tony Blair intends to step down , Serbia elects an ultranationalist Milosevic-ite.

How many book reviews is enough?

In today’s feature, Elizabeth Kiem hunts down a favorite bawdy Irish hermit-author.

I see nothing as a forever devouring, forever going on monster. Machine translation or Faulkner?

Utah County Republicans use Satan to remind us why the Know-Nothing Party fell out of favor in the 19th century.

Caesarean sections nowhere more popular than in Asia, where a lucky birth is a matter of minutes.

“Ice that’s not frozen.” Water features prominently in Wired’s lamest “value-added” products.

U.S. Supreme Court redefines what makes an invention “non-obvious.”

A water pipe providing sexual simulation and a retractable table top for a toilet are pretty non-obvious.

Frommer’s Europe on $5 a Day ends its run after inflation brings the number up to $95.

Moscow beats out Orlando in its love for theme restaurants.

Philip Graham translates todays Mp3 Digest into Portuguese.

The obvious answer of what to do with extra packets of Kool-Aid and a big bucket of dill pickles.

Morning Edition

Details on the suspects accused of plotting to attack New Jersey’s Fort Dix.

Apparently they were bad shots with machine guns.

Pentagon says 35,000 troops will deploy to Iraq in August, and the Post provides a good summary of the current situation.

Obama slightly overstates how many died this week in Kansas (10,000 vs. 12).

McCain says no true conservative supports abortion rights; Giuliani says he values “personal liberty.”

Word of the day: internecine—details on fractures within Zimbabwe’s opposition party.

Hay made, pitchforked, found straw-like when reporters try to see tea leaves in France’s election.

Taliban graciously extends hostage deadline until Sarkozy can redecorate his office.

Sarko says France’s first battle will be with climate change.

Avian flu virus analyzed with Google Earth; National Geographic’s interactive “Atlas of the Human Journey.”

Marian Burros’s atlas of stupid tricks employed by restaurants; Keith McNally says Frank Bruni’s stupid, sexist.

Parents clack after paparazzi catch Maggie Gyllenhaal nursing in public.

What does Jarvis Cocker talking about fake book covers remind us of? Mingering Mike.

Video: Conan visits Lucasfilm, breaks original Star Wars props.

Warner Bros. will no longer show movie previews in Canada.

G8 countries to discuss tougher sanctions against Iran; Iran says, once more, it doesn’t care.

New caring, Chicago-centric literary magazine, Literago.

Wherever you live, a guide to help you host a board game group at home.

TODAY’S FEATURE

A Survivor’s Journal

America weathered Y2K, Viagra junk mails, and Web 2.0. But will it survive the next technological crisis threatening civilization? MATTHEW BALDWIN reports from inside a bunker.

DIGEST

Mp3 Digest

July 9 | Beck, Bodies of Water, Paavoharju, the Flemish do Abba, Micah P. Hinson…

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