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Today’s Feature: “Bright Inaugural Day, Washington” by Lauren Frey
Latest in Digest: Lincoln Logorrhea

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Headlines for Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Obama tells the Journal his plans for Thursday night’s speech.

Romney’s wooden speaking-style may be more conducive to the general election, revolving more around sound-bytes.

Castro expresses “total solidarity” with Olympic referee-kicker, says he was right to be upset.

Chavez has a go at film-making, creates government-sponsored production company to “revive key characters from [Venezuela’s] past.”

Gallery: Anti-U.S. propaganda posters from North Korea.

Video of Richard Dawkins reading his hate mail.

How to make your brain believe in a fake hand.

Op: Architecture has been bonkered by the dominance of the ephemeral—“what might rather unkindly be called the triumph of whimsy.”

How law schools game the U.S. News & World Report rankings system.

A few details on how to build your own $50,000 walking beast.

People here seem to be happier with a little bit of middle management. How a dot-com CEO came to love some hierarchy.

Exhaustive though incomplete list of problems solved by MacGyver.

Dear Adobe…Why does Photoshop cost as much as a pre-owned small car?

Your new favorite fashion photography: The Catorialist.

Will Self’s journeys up French mountains may prove he’s the best blogger blogging.

Morning Edition

U.N. says there is “convincing evidence” that U.S.-led airstrikes last week killed 60 Afghan children, 30 adults.

A look back at Bush’s personal relationships with foreign leaders—which sometimes fogged his judgement.

As Bush’s final term winds down, so too does tourist, protest traffic in Crawford, Texas.

The threat instead appeared to have been the product of the “racist rantings” of methamphetamine addicts.

Dowd: The energy of the D.N.C. is being absorbed by those who lost, rather than the person who won.

If this is not the edge of the political universe, it is somewhere close. Interactive guide to Appalachia’s relationship with Obama.

Census Bureau reports the number of Americans without health insurance dropped by more than a million in 2007.

So how old are those Chinese gymnasts, anyway? Let’s ask Google.

Michael Jackson duets to record a “modern music take” of Robert Burns’s poetry.

We went to Jermaine’s house and made s’mores and drank many, many Coca-Colas. Sarah Hepola’s record recollection: Thriller.

As a child it tastes like: You know, cotton candy; as an adult it tastes like: Cotton root canals. And other tastes that evolve.

TODAY’S FEATURE

Bright Inaugural Day, Washington

The U.S. presidential inauguration in January will be one for the ages. LAUREN FREY concludes her series of election-related verse with a hat tip to Langston Hughes.

DIGEST

Lincoln Logorrhea

In his cabinet choices, as in his home state, our president-elect mirrors our 16th president. Gore Vidal’s historical novel about Lincoln helps to balance the dozens of more rigid bios.

My Incredulous Face

Holiday Travel Hell

Nicole Pasulka compiles tales of horror from the TMN writers.

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