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Headlines for Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Afternoon Edition

Dispatch from Chiapas, which provides ample resources to Mexico but receives next to nothing in return.

Zimbabweans find freedom of expression through Facebook.

Seven myths about alternative energy.

Instapaper for the commute: Hilton Als on Michael Jackson, James Baldwin, and gay black men.

Comprehensive list of the political tilts of corporations and organizations, plus how much money they donate to campaigns.

Evidence suggests Brown & Co. wanted the Lockerbie bomber returned to Libya, but didn’t want their hands dirtied.

Gallery of photos from deep sea-vent exploration.

Clips show the difference between TV and film screens, and the violation of panning and scanning.

Matthew Baldwin’s exhaustive compilation of “mind fuck” movies.

Complete list of lost English country houses; the social history of the mp3.

Among internet art’s best sagas: Jeff Goldblum’s Downward Spiral.

Warner Bros. pays for rapper’s doctorate after she reminds them about a little clause in her contract.

Glossy profile of the Bryan brothers—not much analysis, little depth, but still enjoyable.

Morning Edition

Scots seek answers in the early release of the Lockerbie bomber, opening new questions about the original conviction.

Presidential panel estimates H1N1 could infect half the U.S. population this fall and winter, kill double the number of the average flu.

Dinkins to Paterson: One thing you could do is not brand your opponents as racists.

Increased surveillance of government procedures might provide America with a renewed sense of checks and balances.

Four million Chinese children are regarded as internet addicts under the guidelines. China stops at nothing to curb what it thinks is something.

We’re not acting on climate change because we’re still cavemen at heart.

Lou Solomon…will be transitioning into the newly created post of Independent Phone Acquaintance.

The ambidextrous Don Mueller pushes his cause: two-racket tennis, where no player has a backhand.

At Infinite Summer, author John Green discloses the reasons he’s behind in his reading.

Also at I.S.: The 2005 commencement speech…is something of a bridge between Infinite Jest and his final, unfinished novel.

A selection of bookstores that double as record stores, but only for certain records.

Pelecanos tops the stack of books Obama took on his summer vacation to Martha’s Vineyard.

Video: Winkers are pants that wink.

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