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Friday, July 25, 2008

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Today’s Feature: “The 11:11 to Penn Station, or Exodus” by Emily Meg Weinstein
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Afternoon Edition

Most of all, however, the assailants target the emos for dressing effeminately, still a provocative act for many in a macho Mexico.

Raúl Castro allows cellular phone use in Cuba, lifting restrictions that previously limited service to the government and foreigners.

For its 120th birthday, the Eiffel Tower gets a little hat.

Some question whether it’s swimmers who are breaking world records, or their new, high-tech Speedos.

It’s not a groundswell; it’s a tidal wave. It’s the biggest thing to happen in Tibetan history for 40 years. Tibet expert explains what’s going on, what’s next.

Audio: Meditation-expert monks have more compassionate brains than those without meditative training.

Researchers test the connection of scents to emotions, find our sense of smell sharpens to record the negative.

Op: With April being the “silly season” in presidential politics, a theory on how to get a Gore-Obama ticket.

“I’m not a happy bunny.” Heathrow’s new terminal continues to fail spectacularly.

Ten technology gadgets to covet, like a solar-powered robot lawnmower.

Audio: British radio host gets the giggles during obituary, audience coos.

The $35 movie ticket will arrive with reclining seats and sushi service.

Morning Edition

The number 4,000 is too great to grasp even for us that are here in Iraq.

Op: When pressed on how they’ll handle the mortgage crisis, McCain regresses, Obama digresses, and Clinton progresses.

Following the discovery of toxins in its mozzarella, Italy faces European ban, embargoes from abroad.

“Were we looking at a new Jackie O or more of an Audrey Hepburn or perhaps, even, a touch of Diana.” Unlike their Gallic counterparts, the British press swoon for Carla Bruni.

Some may bristle over using sex to sell veganism, but the opposite is admittedly much harder.

A more-clothed Playboy launches in the Philippines, targeting mature dads who read it for the articles.

A tub for the reading-in-the-bath folks.

Related: How to dry out a wet book.

More often Brockmeier’s pity is directed toward white Americans who grew up during the 1980s. Christian Lorentzen on Kevin Brockmeier’s “Magic Feelism.”

Audio: A 10-second clip of a woman singing from 1860 is believed to be the first recording of the human voice.

Video: Nicole Pasulka on sign-language remakes of music videos.

“This is not a bomb! This is not terror!” On the train to Brooklyn, a student’s science project began smoking in his backpack.

TODAY’S FEATURE

The 11:11 to Penn Station, or Exodus

The Long Island Railroad is New York’s lifeline in the summer—a fleet of rescue vehicles destined for the beach. For some, though, it’s also a means to find freedom. EMILY MEG WEINSTEIN reports from every station down the line.

DIGEST

Mp3 Digest

July 23 | Poni Hoax; the Hold Steady; Dr. Dog; Julie Doiron; Broken Social Scene…

» Book Digest, July 21
» Mp3 Digest, July 9

THE FROGS ARRIVED

If on a summer’s vacation…

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ONE YEAR AGO

Tentative cease-fire in Tripoli; U.N. evacuates non-combatants from refugee camps.

Bad if true: U.S. military official claims Iran is prepping al Qaeda for an all-out war this summer.

Chinese toothpaste made with potentially deadly glycol—instead of harmless glycerin—blamed for 51 deaths in Central America.

Arizona’s law denying bail for suspected illegal immigrants appealed on grounds of unconstitutionality.

By 1921 American eugenicists had so firmly implanted fears of racial pollution through sex that 15 states had passed laws permitting involuntary eugenic sterilization. The etymology of “white trash.”