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Friday, May 9, 2008

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Published from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, our headlines contain links to the most pressing, interesting, or odd stories and sites we find around the web.

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Beth Milton

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Headlines for Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Americans have realized that they have perhaps talked with one man [in Pakistan] for too long.

Eight “worst” foods in America.

Profile of CrossFit: “forging elite fitness” with daily exercise routines, not meant for “Stairmaster chumps.”

German right leader charged for publishing pamphlets advocating whites-only football team.

Print for the commute: Recent Georgian interdictions suggest the trade in Russian nuclear materials is more than a trickle.

In case you missed it, the saga and footnotes of how paparazzi track Britney Spears.

Another must-read: post-kidnapping, Paul Salopek’s story of becoming Sahelian (see also his story of being held captive).

Violence of the heart was the only kind that he could tolerate for long. Anthony Lane on David Lean, director of Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago.

Despite all the big brains wearing beards, having facial hair in the lab is a no-no.

Your portrait rendered in cufflinks.

In Japanese advertising, URLs are out and search terms are in.

Regardless of one’s interpretation of the results, the experimental benefit of napping seems clear.

Emails sent by mothers.

Today in TMN: What happens to your apartment when you die? What do you know about Steve Winwood? What does Hornby think of Díaz?

Also in today’s Tournament of Books: Meet the zombies.

Morning Edition

In Baghdad and Basra, violence takes a sharp upswing—ceasefire, Green Zone threatened.

It took the Pentagon 18 months to figure out it had sent secret nuclear fuses to Taiwan instead of helicopter batteries.

Doctors divided on the validity of a lung cancer prevention study after learning it was sponsored by cigarette makers.

When you eat nanotechnology, you could eat a cheeseburger that reduces your cholesterol.

This season of Afghan Star will do more for women’s rights than all the millions of dollars we have spent on public service announcements for women’s rights on TV.

Italian police raid circus, save sisters forced to swim with piranhas, lie with snakes.

A bad movie made on an epic, lavish scale, is the cultural equivalent of leprosy. In search of the worst movie of all time.

The seven most predictable words of book reviewing.

Nine ways to live long and prosper.

Serious travelers make it to the seventh continent, stinky penguins and all.

Phony Craigslist ad puts everything on Oregon man’s property up as free for the taking—and it was taken.

Video: For next Easter, ways to eliminate a chocolate bunny.

Swift Kids for Truth.

TODAY’S FEATURE

Girl Lessons

Mothers and daughters don’t always have the easiest relationships, especially when the daughters try to recycle the mothers with the trash. A story of aspirations, generations, and pop-culture quizzes by JESSICA FRANCIS KANE.

DIGEST

Video Digest

May 9 | The best of April’s viral videos, culled by Meave Gallagher: Erykah Badu’s advice for yo…

» Mp3 Digest, May 7
» Book Digest, May 5

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Tricks of the Trade

Matthew Baldwin reflects on the quirks and customs of various professions, from butchers to mapmakers.

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ONE YEAR AGO

Iran to release the one woman from the 15 captured British sailors.

Philippine daycare hostage situation peacefully resolved before lunch.

Women from Pakistani madrasa abduct alleged brothel owner and family.

There’s a Geico gaming tent and a Neutrogena spa, and the Trojan booth offers pina-colada-scented oxygen you can inhale through a tube. Marketers as giddy as students about Spring Break.

World’s tallest man, and hero to dolphins everywhere, gets married; “Short Man Syndrome” proved a myth.