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Headlines for Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Afternoon Edition

In controversial move, Bush vetoes child health insurance act; what’s he thinking?

State Dept. to offer “an alternative source to mainstream media” and blog it up.

Social creativity, retroactive pessimism among the coping mechanisms psychologists recommend for Mets fans.

Anniversary of Ghandi’s birth celebrated by bald-headed tykes.

Smokeless tobacco returns to America via Ikea-land.

Santorum has company: dictionary words named after people, with not-so-nice meanings.

San Francisco cancels Castro Halloween party—at least 600 men in uniform still expected to attend.

And the Vendy award for best street food goes to…

Man stores amputated leg inside barbecue, grill sold to new owner, new owner wants to keep the leg.

Related: Everyday to-do lists.

In today’s feature, Jonathan Bell reveals there’s more to London weather than just gray skies.

Mr. Sulu gets an asteroid named after him. (A reminder why we like the guy.)

Sure, it’s the 21st century, but we still think asteroids and two-headed animals portend ominous things.

Morning Edition

Piecing together the events of Sept. 16, when a firefight erupted between Iraqis and Blackwater agents.

Clinton outpacing Obama in fundraising; Within the past month, at least one Clinton has appeared on television virtually every day.

Fascinating analysis of political speeches, and the word clouds they produced.

Fictional dirty bombs will go off next week in a multi-city terror exercise.

The bacteria entered her body through her eyes, investigators later surmised. As university labs take on more biodefense work, lack of training leads to disturbing incidents.

North Korea agrees to disable main nuclear reactor, give details of all nuclear activity by the end of the year.

He received an email from an environmentalist who suggested [they] should be the first to drown when sea levels rise from global warming. Blind ask automakers to add hybrid noise.

Waiting to determine if lethal injection is cruel or unusual, all executions in Texas have been stayed temporarily.

OJ Simpson ordered to surrender Rolex; he says it’s a fake; lawyer says it’s a good one.

Early detection, healthy living could save $1 trillion in the U.S.—but how much has been lost to chronic illness and obesity over the past two decades?

An overzealous entrepreneur who loves children and dinosaurs—it’s like Jurassic Park with robots.

Dutch man finds drunk neighbor inside his house; Nicolas Cage finds naked man inside his house.

Photos: A tour of Houston’s excellently preserved mid-century modern homes.

Ian Mackaye reports he’s not dead, no matter what Wikipedia says.

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