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Headlines for Friday, December 5, 2008

Weekend Edition

Instapaper for the park: How young voters, progressive momentum, are ours to lose: Yes We Can do what, exactly?

Spitzer: We shouldn’t rescue financial institutions that are too big to fail—we should invest in smaller ones that can.

November 1996: Early reports of custom-made Hummer limos appear. The rise and fall of the now-discontinued Hummer.

Architects solicit advice from skateboarders on buildings that attempt to be “flowing and continuous.”

Jim Carrey will loom large in posterity…because his filmography amounts to a uniquely sustained engagement with the problem of the self.

On the uses of minimalism in Star Wars, and how the destruction of the Death Star was a turning point for modernism.

In this case there were chainmail bikinis, burlap loincloths, and a spaghetti-eating contest. A trip back in time to the Texas Renaissance Festival.

The book’s four sections are dedicated to butter, lard or pork fat, poultry fat, and beef and lamb fat.

Introducing The Morning News Annual: 21 collected works from the past year, plus new stories by TMN writers.

Fifty years of Pelican book covers.

Underwater sea-cam captures shot of squid with elbows.

Photos: Venice under water.

New in the Onion’s continuing Bush assaults: “Bush Dragged Behind Presidential Motorcade for 26 Blocks.”

Morning Edition

In case of complete global economic realignment, expect accidents—first we must stop looking for the bottom, and do something.

Canada PM Harper dodges no-confidence vote; a primer to Canada’s democratic practices.

What “Barocrates” owes to the Ancient Romans: Eloquence equates knowledge.

Republican congresswoman gets a call from Obama, assumes it’s a prank, hangs up on him—twice.

Franken edges closer to victory with 22 votes ahead so far in Senate recount.

As tides rise, so do island states’ fears—with so much more to lose, they’re demanding extreme climate action.

Mecca’s new architectural vision: Constructing a three-million-person capacity building.

Electric car demand has some wondering if there’s enough lithium in the world for the batteries—Chile could be the new Saudi Arabia.

Fifty really strange buildings; toilets of art museums.

Report finds college’s rising costs may soon make it unaffordable for most in the U.S.

Modern mythical comics heroes are doubtful, angsty, yet ancient myths endure.

Don’t just be thankful once a year, be actively grateful: Study shows writing thank-you letters makes you happier.

Leslie Harpold’s guide to writing the perfect thank-you note.

School handyman carves intricate nativity from old classroom desks.

TODAY’S FEATURE

The Game of Love

Anyone who says video games shouldn’t appeal to adults, let alone women, has never flirted with General Carth Onassi. MARIE MUTSUKI MOCKETT explores a virtual courtship.

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