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Headlines for Friday, September 21, 2007

Afternoon Edition

Backed by memories of Pinochet, Chile’s Supreme Court extradites Fujimori to Peru.

Rumors, the Internet, and immigrant “assistance” companies give hundreds of Mexicans false hope of Canadian refugee status.

In odd move, Mattel apologize to China for toy recall, claiming they overreacted to design flaws.

NASA hits newspapers and the streets to promote a moon base. (Why the moon? Good question.)

Los Angeles Times arrives late to the scene with their own article on saving near-extinct languages, one verb conjugation at a time.

Judge Crater—call your office. The history of a phrase you probably don’t use.

Bavaria weighs interesting proposal to have marriages expire after seven years—of course they’re renewable.

Amsterdam cutting down on red-light district window displays by one-third.

If Belgium splits up, remember you read it here first.

And if you’re running short of cash this month, now’s the time to try Middle Eastern “lucrative begging.”

The simple answer (there’s a flowchart) for why most published research is false.

In TMN’s last Novice, Nicole Pasulka played with pointy needles; this time, Lauren Frey marvers molten glass.

New research on “Hobbit” skeleton points to a primitive form of human being, not just a sick one.

Making a point about frivolous lawsuits, Nebraska senator sues God; God disputes the jurisdiction.

Morning Edition

Ten thousand protest in Jena, La.; campuses country-wide react; interviews and notes from the streets; Bowie throws in.

Bangladesh overwhelmed by a new Muhammed joke controversy.

In case Snow didn’t do it for you, notes on understanding the massive flap in Turkey over head scarves.

Notes from a panel convened to understand why newspapers are killing off book reviews.

Former Army Ranger on the context of the latest assassination in Lebanon.

One desires ESP to know how much the Department of Homeland Security will invest in “psychoecology.”

Op: Putting the blog Belle de Jour on TV without the dark side simply glamorizes the sex industry.

Yet another reason to love the internet: The proof that Stephen King shot John Lennon.

Fourteen American Apparel models freed in daring midnight raid.

Photos of rural Russians not really modeling; for casual Friday, photos of casual flies.

Ten directors you would not want to see make a casual or serious sex film.

Video: Matt Dillon takes you on a ride through Coney Island’s history.

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