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Saturday, November 7, 2009

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Headlines for Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Afternoon Edition

Everybody backs Egypt’s cease-fire plan; Obama calls mounting civilian deaths “a source of deep concern for me.”

Analysis of Gates’s recent media appearances to measure his appetite for finding opportunities in Russia.

By laying low now, Hezbollah can use the Gaza attacks later on for political gain.

Friedman’s Middle East: a hotel, a Jew room, and a bar to be destroyed.

Atheist ads on buses—“There’s probably no God”—manage to offend a few in secular Britain.

Instapaper for the commute: How not to make peace in the Middle East.

Colorado army base says it’s not seeing increased violence, just better crime reporting.

Post-Katrina vigilante group attacked African-Americans, still hasn’t been brought to justice.

Self-help dropout tests three well-known productivity systems.

Video: Yes, that’s our favorite Todd Levin, designer of the Macbook Wheel.

See also Todd’s handy guide to choosing wine for tonight’s dinner, complete with graph.

Free endangered species ringtones.

Slideshow: The evolution of Mickey Rourke’s face.

Top 24 worst special effects scenes.

Morning Edition

It’s not a peace process; it’s a war. Diplomats, presidents are powerless to stop Israel; generational change will make the difference.

Politicians are fond of comparing things that aren’t war to war. It’s both an abuse of language and a rhetorical trick.

Op: Pirates deserve justice, not modern-day imperialism—dumping waste on their shores, trawling for millions of dollars of seafood.

Russian police raid a human-rights group trying to memorialize the Gulags, while teachers are told to explain Stalin’s rationality.

Op: If the New York Times were to go out of business in May it would be sentimental, but not disastrous.

Terror experts warn next 9/11 could fall on different date.

And more in the Bush injury file: Single-engine Cessna crashes into Bush.

Pictorial: Kids who smoke.

Video: Iggy Pop and David Bowie perform, chat with Dinah Shore in 1977.

Pop’s former bandmate, Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead, age 60.

Video: Look at that hat.

If you find a fascinating new way to state the obvious, you’re a Malcolm. The top 10 most abusively blurbed authors.

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