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Headlines for Friday, December 4, 2009

Weekend Edition

At least 37 killed in suicide attack at a mosque near Pakistan army headquarters.

Op: If we lose in Afghanistan, it will be because “our” Afghans—Karzai & co.—failed to deliver.

North Korea quietly does away with currency.

There’s a very strong intellectual case for saying no bank should pay a bonus for 2009.

Said the Gramophone’s best of 2009, Alex Ross’s 10 exceptional recordings.

The sound of a glacier melting played on an ice record.

Antarctica may once have been an oasis for life, 250 million years ago.

Where evolution goes from here: pleasant primer on the future of natural selection.

Head-shaking competitions can lead to your brain bleeding.

Study finds negativity and near-despair enhance sports-watching.

The science behind why no one can afford to skip rest, and why workaholics are like moles.

There goes the workday: the 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia.

Instapaper for Saturday morning: The testing of a marriage.

Examples of real-life Lichtenstein interiors.

Reasons why it may be difficult to find a chocolate bar in China.

American men now feel it’s appropriate to display their “heavage” with low-cut T-shirts.

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