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Headlines for Thursday, March 5, 2009

Afternoon Edition

L.A. mayoral election gets dismal turnout, fails to make front page of the L.A. Times.

Instapaper for the commute: It remains unknown whether time will stay steady or melt away.

Alan Moore talks about his bad influence on comics and movies.

The other tragedy to befall the cricket world this week: the fraud of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford.

Al-Bashir may not be arrested anytime soon, but we could always take away his air power.

Gettleman puts the dead into deadpan. Tribute to the Times’s man in East Africa.

New research attempts to measure the association between high-school popularity and wage earnings 35 years later.

The internet was invented for this: ThruYOU, making songs from YouTube videos.

Sasha Frere-Jones explains the vision behind ThruYOU.

In California, artists get a cut when their work’s resold, but the state’s art detective has a hard time tracking down artists.

Photo essay of paired houses: one occupied, one abandoned.

Andreas Gefeller’s “Supervision” shots: stunning aerial photography.

Hong Kong’s infamous “Airport Auntie” gets an apology and an upgrade from Cathay Pacific.

Tax instructions for freelance workers.

Live feed of cursing on Twitter.

Morning Edition

The Obama administration on Wednesday began the most ambitious effort since the 1930s to help troubled homeowners.

We may not have realized it at the time, but in the period from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship. Reactions to the rewriting of the Constitution.

Op: Obama’s leaked letter to Russia indicates desire to reset the relationship, engage with Iran.

Blackwater and private security firms move into Africa as U.S. sets up new command center, aims for less visible role.

Despite the economy, despite everything really, a new poll shows two-thirds of Americans are hopeful about Obama and the future.

International stimulus packages focus on schemes increasing carbon emissions, threatening gains from green investments.

Video: Coen Brothers let us know that “clean coal is like a healthy cigarette.”

Analysis: As the right-wing media denies global warming with evidence of snow, it’s best to refer to it as “climate change” to avoid challenges to scientific consensus.

You can’t take a picture of the unemployed if they never leave the house. Slate.com asks its readers to shoot the recession.

Redesigning New York’s skies to eliminate flight delays.

Reader mail: I’m particularly fond of the Non-Expert, which is why I found the “Love Sic” piece so troubling.

Life in Japan, told in a series of bentos.

Winter 1912-3, Thurs: stewed beef and gravy, mashed potatoes, baked jam roll. A history of British and American public school lunches.

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