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Headlines for Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Webb emphatically exits V.P. race after Obama campaign tries to get personal during background check.

“Reverse earmarks” included in the federal budget.

When the Left and Right both agree on compulsory national service, who’s left to complain?

Pray at the Pump’s group gas-station worship wants God to bring down gas prices.

Value of U.S. exports to Iran reportedly increased tenfold since Bush took office; tobacco and bull semen prove popular.

Villagers in remote part of India paid wage to use the toilet.

The first question to ask is whether the impact of speech on wages is a causal one. Study on the salary impacts of “sounding black” or “sounding southern.”

Erard: English gradually to become more Chinese; “Chinglish is destined to take on a life of its own.”

Also by Erard: Speech disturbances occur ever 4.4 seconds, and you should adore them.

American TV watching up, to the equivalent of five full days per month.

How to help save monarch butterflies by making ultraviolet signs pointing them to milkweed flowers.

With examples, history of the tracking shot.

Perhaps not a hero for contemporary women, Anne of Green Gables remains right up there with Huck Finn.

Stephen Elliott recounts an interview with the Linux-programming genius who murdered his wife.

Researchers give octopi Rubik’s Cubes, wait to see what happens next.

Morning Edition

Praise, criticism for the G-8 summit’s embrace of a goal to halve greenhouse gases by 2050—some say it’s not aggressive enough.

Ministry of Truth: Cheney attempts to delete evidence of climate change’s impact on human health from public record.

Beijing Olympics threatened by extremists, climate, boycott; proposes to be a games without incident.

“If they’re ugly and can’t find work, there’s nothing I can do.” In the 2020s, 10 percent of Chinese men won’t be able to land wives.

In Saudi Arabia, imprisoned militants are reformed amongst ping-pong, video-games, religious debate.

McCain drops border rhetoric, courts Latino vote; Obama warns against McCain’s flip, courts Latino vote.

Negotiating with Obama on speech site, Germany seeks to avoid an illusion of endorsement.

Iran test-fires nine missiles, warns U.S., Israel that it’s ready to retaliate if attacked.

McCain shows off his famous humor, quips that cigarettes are one way to kill Iranians.

South Pacific island plans to become entirely smoke-free.

A rapper called Sticky Fingaz used a body double to sneak into the courthouse undetected. How the notable enter and leave Manhattan courthouses.

Believing he’s the target of a frivolous lawsuit, Omar Sharif does nothing, plans to continue doing so.

After a third man attempts to scale the new Times building, some may wonder why it’s built like a big ladder.

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