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Headlines for Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Federal Reserve to buy up bundles of debt, a radical move aimed to free up credit markets.

Attention commuting cyclists: Prepare for a monthly tax break in the bailout.

Meet the Treasury’s Goldman-ite with $700 billion in his wallet.

Pictures and scorn in case you, too, are sick of seeing sad traders in the news.

Scientists say the urge to punish is natural; the debate is over whether it leads to a gain or loss.

Nobel physics prize awarded for work “exploring the hidden symmetries between elementary particles.”

How to photograph an atomic bomb; primo tickets for Met’s “Doctor Atomic” to go for $30.

What to watch for during tonight’s debate.

Author of anti-Obama book detained in Kenya for book-touring without papers.

Tax professors agree: Gov. Palin and her husband owe tens of thousands in back taxes.

Print for the commute: Understanding Palin through Pentecostalism, the “mobile faith” that fights back after two slaps.

Salon grasps at straws trying to prove Florida’s Jews have been Palin-ed away from McCain.

On religion, Obama, and Springsteen’s “The Rising.”

It irks me that I even have to say this: Being a Muslim woman is a joyful thing.

Collection of dead children featured in Edward Gorey stories.

Morning Edition

[Election officials] should make clear that in many circumstances, people in foreclosure still have the right to vote where they have been living. Disenfranchisment will threaten over a million largely Democrat voters.

On the Wall Street crash suicide myth, a grandson’s reflections on its legacy.

Profiteering from climate change this week: the tourist industry, smart Canadians.

Burj Dubai: $4.1 billion; proposed Nakheel Tower: 200 meters higher.

Critiquing opening credit sequence, spotting selfish designers.

The Onion, perhaps tiring of election year news, steps back in time to 1783.

Your “what crisis?” moment of Zen: GDP rise since 1810.

On Sunday, Calvin Trillin led 35 participants on a dining tour of Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown, and Little Italy.

Video: A literal take on A-Ha’s “Take on Me.”

Hug yourself and wait until it passes with Kindertrauma, “the movies, books, and toys that scared you when you were a kid.”

It’s October, so it’s time for Gothtober—that’s advent for autumn.

TODAY’S FEATURE

The Game of Love

Anyone who says video games shouldn’t appeal to adults, let alone women, has never flirted with General Carth Onassi. MARIE MUTSUKI MOCKETT explores a virtual courtship.

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