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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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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 Thursday, August 28, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Complete text of King’s “I have a dream” speech.

Novak: McCain may want the Connecticut senator as his No. 2, but he can’t get away with it.

Gallery and study of images showing “the hero” carrying “the beauty.”

McCain may push off the convention with Tropical Storm Gustav on the warpath.

Sarcasm comes naturally to the fighter jock. Joe Klein’s “What Bush Taught McCain.”

McCain’s interview with Time gets “prickly.”

Fukuyama: If we want to understand the world unfolding before us, we need to draw some distinctions among different types of autocrats.

The appeal of the throwback: Understanding why we still buy field guides.

Print for the commute: The intriguing mysteries of the termite.

The story of introducing fortune cookies, an American invention, to China.

Theroux has never been overburdened by modesty.

Gallery of bloggers and writers’ favorite autographed books.

Aaron Sorkin plans movie about founders of Facebook, joins site for research.

Bubble flow-chart for talking during sex.

Morning Edition

“I think it is a demonstration of complete confusion.” E.U. considers sanctions against Russia.

The newly independent Georgia inflicted a vicious war on its minority nations. Medvedev ops.

Obama’s moment: made possible by M.L.K., made possible by L.B.J.

Collins: The Clintons did everything they were supposed to do here and in politics, like so much of life, feelings are irrelevant to everyone except the persons doing the feeling.

Attractive, articulate, smart, and successful: It’s going to take something for Obama to feel our pain.

The new trend in cosmetic dentistry: teeth that aren’t too white, and just crooked enough.

When an 18-year-old Axl Rose hiked through Washington Heights, and the origin of “Welcome to the Jungle.”

Feds arrest blogger for posting tracks from forthcoming Guns N’ Roses album, may face fines, prison.

The war over library fines encompasses public shaming, Guitar Hero duels.

A Christian version of Guitar Hero—Guitar Praise—will soon hit U.S. shelves.

“Teenagers and their parents debated it for weeks. Every teenager was furious.” In 1965, Israelis were denied Beatlemania.

Photos: In L.A., uprooting and transporting a Richard Neutra house.

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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The Morning News Annual 2008

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