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Headlines for Friday, June 26, 2009

Weekend Edition

Roubini high-fives Obama’s money masters, though “the best policies sometimes have unintended consequences.”

Start your weekend off right: Maira Kalman goes to Monticello.

Op: It’s Britain, and not the U.S., whom Iran truly hates, if a touch admiringly.

Status on the failed hunt for bin Laden despite “the most extensive and expensive manhunt in history.”

Op: There’s no better time to invest than when you’re unemployed.

Whaling commission says whale watching is more profitable than whale hunting; Iceland says both are growth industries.

Greenland could potentially have 50 times more oil per capita than Kuwait.

Lowdown on passive houses: ultra-efficient domiciles that produce more energy than they consume.

Fascinating: Snapshots of the current evolutionary contenders in the field of dream studies.

Analysis of moviemaking with regards to Eddie Murphy: many flops, but also many fat suits.

What you’re wondering: So what will happen to Jackson’s kids?

Twenty-five years of Elvis Costello reviews in the Times find just a few uses of “adenoidal.”

Morning Edition

At least seven bombs explode around Iraq, as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from urban areas.

Op: With no leader to stir protesters and remind them of their goal, Iran’s revolution may soon fizzle.

Fearing violence at the hands of Iran’s government, protesters turn to new forms of dissent: evening chants and humiliation.

I didn’t listen to Michael Jackson after that. His music changed, and so did I. From 2003, Sarah Hepola on Thriller.

Watching him change his race, his age, and almost his gender, you saw a tortured soul seeking what the rest of us take for granted: a normal life.

Perpetual striving has us always wanting a bit more than we have—and basing happiness and satisfaction on that point.

New Yorkers: See TMN’s Paul Ford read a new story on Saturday at Cake Shop in the Lower East Side.

With two anticipated films on their way to theaters, the peculiar challenge of turning children’s books into movies.

Tell us: What are your favorite worst movies?

Gluttony, designer chickens, and the meaning of life: the joys of the state fair.

Bring on the fig leaves: Despite societal advances, we’re still really embarrassed about being naked.

How, for more than 20 years, Nike has been trying to turn customers into stats whores.

Gourmet writer tries Black Mamba Venom energy drink, sees heartbeat through sternum.

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