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Headlines for Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Short take on Obama’s gains in Iraq; long profile of Cindy McCain’s perfection in the spotlight.

The more substantial foreign policy news seems to be coming, if rather quietly, from Mr Obama’s rivals.

Op: Anything’s possible in American politics, but not probable—and McCain’s probably got no shot.

Rejection letter—with editing notes—from the Times Op-Ed page to McCain.

The U.S. is the only country to take the position that some police misconduct must automatically result in the suppression of physical evidence.

You were wondering: How exactly does a police dog become a “sworn officer?”

Gallery: Labs at night.

Hilarious account when Something Awful experiments with a terrible cake-in-a-mug recipe.

Video: Three-part tour through a Lego factory.

Gallery of crayon art drawn mid-flight looks for a permanent home.

Wordle will turn your favorite text into a word cloud.

Porn industry feels effects of recession, looks to cut costs, “get out in front of consumer demand.”

Today’s seniors have far more sex, and actually enjoy it, study finds.

New York’s jellyfish arrive early, infuriate fishermen, swimmers, and triathletes.

Morning Edition

Serbia captures war-crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic—on the lam for 12 years, he was practicing alternative medicine in Belgrade.

Obama meets with Petraeus, tours Baghdad by helicopter, makes no gaffes—McCain responds from a golf cart in Maine.

Regarding McCain’s rejected New York Times op-ed—“we know the feeling.”

More: the Obama piece McCain was responding to; McCain’s draft article.

Miss Brooklyn, a Miss Virginia runner-up who lives in Manhattan, crowned Miss New York, aims for Miss America.

For the first time since the women’s movement came to life, an economic recovery has come and gone, and the percentage of women at work has fallen, not risen.

Citing budget gap, M.T.A. wants fare hikes—despite its declining on-time performance for subways.

F.D.A. issues salmonella warning on jalepenos—tomatoes are now safe, but it’s a bad year for pico de gallo.

Scientists use tobacco plants to “grow” lymphoma vaccine.

Video: Web ads lend credence to Gary Busey’s business ideas.

Selling headsets by depicting radiation-beaming cell phones and other examples of corporations taking the internet too far.

“Israel, Palestine Now Fighting Over Cemetery Space.”

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