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Headlines for Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Exactly how did all the papers and pundits agree that Clinton had to win by 10 points to survive?

Despite her victory, Clinton’s chances of catching Obama among pledged delegates have disappeared.

Video: Obama “hopes up” various phrases, e.g., “Are you happy with your cell phone service?”

“Barack,” “Hillary,” “Kofi” all popular baby names in Kenya right now.

On the history of Zimbabwean authors speaking truth to dictators.

Scalzi: Wired.com and others, please do not suggest Josh Allen plagiarized my work (re: last week’s internet thunderdome event).

No fewer than 22 film projects born of graphic novels or comics have been announced in the last six weeks.

Why can’t you tickle yourself?; what’s better for boiling water, the microwave or the stove?

TMN’s Rosecrans Baldwin’s most recent Digital Ramble for the Times.

Erik Bryan’s mp3 samples for this summer’s TMN music festival.

Record album covers completed aesthetically.

Astronauts’ picks for the world’s most photogenic places.

Patagonia’s Footprint Chronicles track their products’ genesis from fibers to distribution.

Morning Edition

In Pennsylvania, voter turnout nearly triples, handing Clinton a victory and keeping the race alive.

Exit polls: Race, Catholicism, and bitterness made a big difference in who voters chose.

Monthly donation program allows Roy Scheider to keep on donating to Obama.

South Carolina church removes the marquee message that intimated a link between Obama and Osama.

The United States has less than five percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners.

Nearly one million Iraqi women are widowed, divorced, or their husbands are otherwise missing.

Administration says it asked Carter not to meet with Hamas; Carter group says the White House’s only stated concern was security.

Companies start taking their digital suggestion boxes seriously.

Whirlpool suspends workers for lying about tobacco use on company paperwork.

The F.D.A. cited “the natural history of depression.” When thoughts of suicide return after switching to a generic, flags should raise.

Following a spate of escalator accidents, Japanese safety authorities petition Crocs to redesign.

House of Lords votes against bill to ban homosexual-themed jokes—comedians of all orientations vastly pleased.

Britain’s new coin is essentially a big “sod off” to the Euro.

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