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Headlines for Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Tracking the final regulations Bush is pushing through before Obama takes office.

Florida breaks ground on first utility-scale solar investment, to be country’s second-largest once running.

For strengthening Iran, for failing New Orleans: 10 things Bush should regret most.

African Union chairman says unity remains possible on the continent.

Sarkobama hits the Paris streets.

New blog for “Russia wonks and obsessive Kremlin watchers”: The Power Vertical.

Notes on “Teflon Putin” and the possibility he’ll rule for 25 years.

Big Picture images from Mumbai.

The year in reading, hosted by The Millions; e.g., TMN’s Rosecrans Baldwin.

How about the year in writing? The first-ever hardbound TMN Annual is now available.

The mechanism makes for beautiful dance, with Landry bending like pliable DNA in her partner’s arms. Winner determined in the “Dance Your Ph.D.” contest.

Notes on progress achieved on a unifying theory in movement studies.

American students save money by going to college in Scotland.

On the life and death of Zima, the primogenitor of wussy clear “malternatives.”

Simplest website we’ve seen in a while: Going to rain today?

Morning Edition

As the U.S. prepares to secede power in Iraq, locals hope their replacement is political, not violent.

I like dice. You rolls ‘em and you takes your chances! “I Have to Go Now” by Jenny Allen.

He reads the cards like a game-show host, and you giggle, cheeks flooded with red wine and teeth stained purple. “A Game of Skill, Strategy, Chance” by Sarah Hepola.

From 2007: There are rewards to haggling; for women, however, the risks are greater.

Taking the Cinderella complex a step further: It’s the women in her life who hold her back.

Now in print: The Morning News Annual—this year’s edition features 21 pieces, including new articles from some of your favorite TMN writers.

Photos: the art of frozen water vapor.

Trusting photosynthesis over volcano gods: evidence-based gardening wins out over folklore.

Post-pastoral poetry: enhancing environmental literacy through eco-words.

That’s one of the great feelings—to stop being me for a little while and to become us. Brian Eno believes in singing together.

From the Life magazine archive: ’70s rockers in their parents’ homes.

Video: All the parts to the theme from The Godfather played on a Yamaha Electone el-90.

YouTube announces a contest to discover new classical musicians.

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