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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Headlines for Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Afternoon Edition

Arabs generally may not revolt like Iranians, but they do contain and shrink their regimes.

Only with your support can the revamped General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum become a reality.

Cultural studies at U.S. universities cover race, gender, and sexuality—why not poverty?

Critic very concerned you’ll read Dickens before you balance your checkbook.

Some authors strike back at critics on Twitter, and some tell Birnbaum about using guns.

Instapaper for the commute: Big profile of Algonquin’s Chuck Adams for those who enjoy the ins and outs of publishing.

Infinite Summer is nine percent complete, but you can still start reading now and join in!

With two months to get Thriller done, we dug in and really hit it. Quincy remembers Michael.

Physicist explains how a styrofoam cup can break a windshield.

Taco Bell’s new green menu takes no ingredients from nature.

Video: When stuck in traffic for more than two hours, make a video about being stuck in traffic for 18 years.

Morning Edition

The crisis in Honduras…is pitting Mr. Obama against the ghosts of past American foreign policy in Latin America.

Op: Following weeks of political theater, photo ops, and a baited coup, Chávez emerges as the winner in Honduras.

Six years and three months after the March 2003 invasion, U.S. combat troops withdraw from Iraqi cities.

The court’s decision…seemed to ensure much more litigation over the explosive issue of employment discrimination.

The problem with philosophy: inherent racism.

“It’s a well-kept secret.” The increasing incidence of height augmentation ushers in a weird new era of cosmetic surgery.

Video: How increased life expectancy is making retirement an impossibility.

We can attribute the human predisposition for sleeping around (and in more extreme cases, raping and killing) to pieces of genetic code.

Twenty visualizations that explore publically available crime data.

New findings prove that our brains are constantly functioning on the brink of chaos.

An interview with architect and editor Michael Sorkin, whose latest book came to fruition from walking around New York.

From the attic: How to walk in New York; a walk up the length of Manhattan.

Though Sonic Youth may not make hits, they’ve been remaking our culture for the past 28 years.

TODAY’S FEATURE

The Game of Love

Anyone who says video games shouldn’t appeal to adults, let alone women, has never flirted with General Carth Onassi. MARIE MUTSUKI MOCKETT explores a virtual courtship.

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