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Headlines for Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Afternoon Edition

Argument for Obama’s new web site being a stimulus in its own right.

The site of which we speak: Obama’s new transparency cloak, Recovery.gov.

History of the presidential wet bar.

Greenspan says nationalizating some banks could be the least bad option left for policymakers.

Notes on how Clinton’s delegating within the State Department, perhaps to avoid her campaign’s mistakes.

Pelosi and the Pope tangle over abortion rights.

Tempers flare when columnist proposes spending $30 million to resurrect a neanderthal.

Profile of a serial shoplifter.

How designers have refitted fashion week in light of the crisis.

Recently discovered blueprints for Auschwitz go on display.

Reading A-Rod’s facial display through the eyes of an expert in “microexpressions.”

Next time you need some creative inspiration: Fulltable.com; Mailer’s letters; Mickey Rourke quotes.

The remarkable office memoes of Tiger Mike.

Haruki Murakami’s Jerusalem acceptance speech argues for eggs and dignity.

Atwood pulls out of festival after organizers blacklist novel with gay sheikh character.

How Hollywood ruins good books; Birnbaum’s notable book/movie pairings.

Video: Top Gear drivers challenged by 18-wheelers.

Morning Edition

Israel’s “Peace House” comes with bomb shelters on every floor, advocates the treatment of Gazan children, supports Israeli attacks.

In Iraq, senior soldiers’ fraud has blighted reconstruction, losing locals’ hearts and mind.

The crisis stiffens, economists are worried as the countries many believed would pull others out of recession show signs of a downturn.

An unexpected bailout condition: Limiting salaries for a company’s 25 top-paid executives makes the next 25 employees the top-paid.

Unexpected consequences of financial crisis: better bureaucrats, longer skirts, more corruption.

An unexpected recession benefit: Chrysler will stop manufacturing the PT Cruiser, the most hideous car on U.S. roads today.

“When a place gets boring, even the rich people leave.” How the crisis could boost New York’s creative capital.

The cutoff for this month’s Of Recent Note topic, “People I Wish I Knew,” is tonight at 6 p.m. Eastern time.

Hertzberg: On bipartisanship, Obama is sharpening his teeth, rather than using them.

Obama has a good memory for where he’s been, grammatically, and a strong sense of where he’s going. The Millions diagrams Obama.

Also from the Millions: In lieu of a tour guide, enhance trips abroad with these novel-city pairings.

Attention Chicagoans, your Snuggie Pub Crawl approaches, and it will be cuddly.

You purchased matching fursuits so that you could renew your vows as foxes. “How to Say I Love You” by Paul Ford.

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