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Headlines for Friday, January 9, 2009

Weekend Edition

German billionaire takes life, broken by the crisis; article ties four financier deaths to the economy.

While Parisians freeze, considering the mechanics of how exactly Russia turned off the gas.

Study backs up the broken-window theory: a disorderly environment influences disorderly conduct.

Times reporter meets Gaza fighter in a hospital.

Great new Times feature on New York personalities: 1-in-8-million.

I’d like to meet this born-free, autonomy-loving person someday. Somehow such a person sounds to me more like the Unabomber than Henry Thoreau.

Videos from “The Hate Game.”

Instapaper for the commute: Paradoxes and Petraeus in Afghanistan.

Insightful take on Richard Prince being sued for copyright infringement.

The 2009 TMN Tournament of Books is coming very soon; for now, there’s a Facebook group for you to fan up.

We’d also love for you to follow TMN on Twitter.

Matthew Baldwin wins scribbler award for “And Great Lyrics Quiz Rock Roll The” (finest known man quiz the to).

Mailbag: Pasha Malla, damn you.

Publishers will concentrate on promoting non-fiction by television presenters and commercial fiction by creative-writing graduates. The credit crunch in terms of literature.

Morning Edition

The Red Cross also said it was restricting its operations on Friday. Israel, Hamas rebuff U.N.’s demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

“Compared to the American interrogators, the Chinese were more brutal.” Interrogated in China and Gitmo, shipped to Albania, dreaming of Sweden.

Roundtable: Oil prices continue to dictate adaption of green tech—just when we want to rely less on Iran, Russia.

“The president-elect here just appointed me…secretary of shuttin’ you up.” The Chameleon expected to disrupt inauguration; Spider-Man is on call.

Meet the Boston web developers behind Obama’s massively successful online strategy.

Video: You Look Nice Today makes sound effects for silent movies.

A new book by Jack Torrance: All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy.

TMN’s Paul Ford awarded “Best Music Scribing” award for his “Six-Word Reviews of 763 SXSW Mp3s.”

I realize that I have potentially hurt the feelings of nearly 3,000 musicians, for which I apologize. Read the original article here.

Interactive: Make your own mashup (part of a Technology Review article on Girl Talk).

Chiropractor accuses Yelp user of defamation of character, seeks legal reparations.

English hippies fight negative, “harmful” wi-fi radiation with crystal generators.

Map: The Milky-Way Transit Authority.

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