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Headlines for Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Pre-empted by Obama’s Monday policy details, McCain offers critique, releases his own economic prescriptions.

Why, format-wise, the third debate may be the best yet.

Video: Fired-up Donna Brazile on the election’s final days.

106-year-old nun barraged with attention after endorsing Obama, now just wants to be left alone.

Obama is big in Obama, Japan; Palin’s “middle class” Japanese eyeglasses are boosting orders.

“U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!” she continued, leading many of them in chant.

“New research into the science of rumors” (wha?) says Obama’s “Fight the Smears” tactic may be working.

Battery of economists blog to briefly approve the Treasury’s capital injection.

Interesting notes on academic word counting and why “John Lennon’s songs have more ‘negative emotion’ words than Paul McCartney’s.”

Alex Ross blogs fantastic musical annotations, e.g., for Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.

Twenty-one amazing photos of the sun.

Print for the commute: What it’s like to be a post-apartheid Afrikaner.

Berlusconi gets nostalgic as Bush era nears end, declares “friends forever.”

I like stupid questions. A guy sent me an email about squid. Notes from recent Haruki Murakami visit to Berkeley.

Morning Edition

The hysterical accusations of socialism from conservatives echo similar accusations leveled at black leaders in the past.

Forget October surprises; pre-election means Hail Mary passes as Bush suggests industry should decide which animals are in threat.

Graphic: Gain on $10,000 investment under Democrat, Republican presidencies.

Get to the supermarkets: Shoppers start to panic in Iceland.

The present generation is bankrupt of principles and hope, as of property. Harold Bloom finds economic solace in Emerson.

Learn from Nobel Prize winners: Krugman’s “How I Work.”

Illustrated New York cheat sheets—how to maneuver the city’s obstacles.

Look both ways—even if you’re crossing a one-way street. How to walk in New York.

After indulging in modernism for all of one kilometer of skyscraper, this architectural aesthetic may be about to crash.

Nuclear is back—architects ponder more palatable plants, making the eventual, enduring ruin beautiful.

On North Korea’s removal from the terrorist watch list—nuclear proliferators take note: Negotiate first, act later.

Op: Nearly two decades after this country stopped building nuclear weapons, it should not get back into the business.

The geopolitical dystopia predicted by sci-fi films.

TODAY’S FEATURE

Bright Inaugural Day, Washington

The U.S. presidential inauguration in January will be one for the ages. LAUREN FREY concludes her series of election-related verse with a hat tip to Langston Hughes.

DIGEST

Lincoln Logorrhea

In his cabinet choices, as in his home state, our president-elect mirrors our 16th president. Gore Vidal’s historical novel about Lincoln helps to balance the dozens of more rigid bios.

My Incredulous Face

Holiday Travel Hell

Nicole Pasulka compiles tales of horror from the TMN writers.

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