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Headlines for Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Afternoon Edition

On McCain’s crusade against lobbyist influence in Washington, and his staff full of former lobbyists who continue to benefit from it.

For the same cost as the Iraq war, NASA could launch an expedition to colonize Mars.

Google builds online map out of images from Phoenix Mars Lander, showing a “barren landscape that is kind of lumpy.”

Plumbing proves more difficult than rocket science for space station astronauts.

Taipei embeds microchips in subway tokens; China embeds microchips in Olympic tickets.

When to idle your car at intersections (never) and when to turn it off (always, except where it’s illegal).

As ethanol made from cane continues to boom, Brazilian farmers face giving up business, tradition.

“When you’re in the bathroom in the morning and you can see something good come of that…” Sweden turns sewage into car fuel.

Explaining the appeal of web comic xkcd, including how it’s pronounced.

Famous 10-year-old stowaway is apprehended trying to board another plane.

Profile of a 98-year-old whose literary career has just begun.

My respondents seemed to identify criticism with the act of passing judgment. But for a true critic, judgment is the burden you start out with.

Analyzing Ana Ivanovic’s 124.9 mph tennis serve.

Morning Edition

In China, bereaved parents abandon caution, confront officials over poor construction of schools.

After a decade-long civil war, Maoists in Nepal abolish monarchy in favor of multi-party democracy.

Scott McClellan’s new book pours some bad juice for his ex-boss, other former White House cronies.

Backlashing the meme that says if Clinton doesn’t win, there won’t be another woman candidate for a generation to come.

The world’s largest self-portrait is a hoax.

Spam scammers switch tactics, push renewable energy instead of Nigerian oil.

Programming a computer simulation to explain the origins of religion.

The debate on whether the Gospel of Judas exonerates or proves his guilt.

Recognize the Stonehenge vandalizers? Report them here.

Prolific tagger is arrested in L.A. after police spot him in action on YouTube.

Interview with “Pork and Beans” director on what happens when internet memes hang out together.

An encyclopedia of hybrid big cats, from ligers to jaguleps.

Then again, I’m not sure if I’d know what to do if I saw a 14-year-old amusement park princess go into convulsions, either. Working as an amusement-park Cinderella is no fairy tale.

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