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Headlines for Thursday, January 31, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Video: What does the man on the street in China think about the U.S. election?

The winners, if there are winners, are going to be financial investors who have seen this recession coming and who have in effect bet financially on an economic downturn.

Why my mother dumped Hillary for Obama.

Print for the commute: Questions of judicial funding and consistent errors in the Georgia trial of Brian Nichols.

Concerning this weekend, in case you need a definite history of the Bud Bowl.

Science confirms middle-age blues; casual observation confirms Starbucks breakfast sandwiches were “made of failure.”

Rules, regulations, and history of subway racing in New York.

Chimps beat college students (and perhaps you) in memory race; which genes are expressed in chimps and humans may depend on what’s digested.

One wonders which gene is expressed in the cheeseburger-in-a-can.

The inner workings when you express via blog post in full infographic glory.

In today’s feature, Todd Levin discusses TV-PIXX: Classic Intellivision games that were played over the telephone.

Photos from Beijing’s Shijingshan Amusement Park where de-Disneyification is in progress.

Too bad the “bird poops in mouth of local news reporter” video was fake—or perhaps not.

Morning Edition

Suicides among soldiers have reached their highest level since 1980, when the Army began keeping such records.

I would describe in detail my mother, diagnosed with breast cancer… my aunt who died of the same kind of bladder cancer that I had… before adding, “Oh yeah. And I’m adopted.”

Warning, sports fans: the Super Bowl may be dangerous to your health.

This year’s Super Bowl ads will be free of blood and guts—unlike the political ads that continue to dominate the airwaves.

Washington University rejects a potential Obama visit; disappointed students seek comfort on Facebook.

In 2005, Bill Clinton endorsed a donor in Kazakhstan, who then became richer, who then donated more money to the Clinton Foundation, which will now be a talking point in the next debate.

“[He] didn’t really move to the left as much as he began to use the language of class war.” How John Edwards’s campaign unraveled.

Why Giuliani tanked: It’s that New York lifestyle says “hick Iowa senator.”

“We’re thinking of their historical importance, not their artistic value.” The Danish Royal Library is collecting infamous, controversial cartoons.

The skeletons of famous cartoon animals, built from a combination of real bones and synthetic materials.

U.N. personnel in the Western Sahara vandalized ancient rock paintings—here are images of the graffiti.

Famous Quakers: Judi Dench joined because she liked the uniforms.

How the nugget machine changed the world for ice-chewers everywhere.

The science and specifics behind macking on one another.

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