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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Headlines for Thursday, November 5, 2009

Afternoon Edition

Evidence for why lowering the global fertility rate is improving the world.

Iraqi government relies on useless divining rods to detect bombs.

Romania makes up for lost culinary time with dishes like “pork bone + beans + pickles.”

Bush visits Japan to dispense baseball advice; chances are he regrets the Sosa trade more than the war in Iraq.

Whitehead: As the secretary of postracial affairs, it’s time to revise the culture.

Photos of ventriloquists and their dummies.

Instapaper for the commute: The (morally unacceptable) state of America’s prisons.

Panel of crime-fiction critics on the state of the procedural, the thriller, the cozy.

For thriller writers, Glenn Beck is the new Oprah.

The end of the astronaut may be brought about soon by unmanned probes.

High-tech gear thrown through walls; favorite comic-book clichés.

Video: Home movie reconstructions.

Mickey Mouse’s character is slowly being rebuilt; prepare for “cantankerous and cunning.”

Philadelphia Sudoku tournament sullied by brazen cheater.

Human evolution is actually accelerating, speeding up to 100 times historical levels after agriculture spread. Ten mysteries of human evolution.

Morning Edition

Swine flu is now outpacing its vaccine, and high-priority groups may not get their jabs until well into December.

There’s a shortage of seasonal flu vaccine now as well—H1N1 concerns sparked increased demand.

An underground shelter network in Baghdad offers Iraqi women refuge from violence.

Dissecting fires with an L.A. arson investigator.

Mexican pot gangs move closer to their U.S. customers, infiltrate national forests, Indian reservations.

The farms of the future will grow upward.

As medical marijuana dispensaries proliferate, munchie providers identify new revenue streams.

Photos: Inside a Colombian prison.

Interviews with the detective and her target in the real nabbing of an online sexual predator.

A-Rod gets his first World Series ring; it’s been a long journey.

#drac: The wrap-up continues with the guides’ likes and dislikes.

Firewood delivers strong, lasting memories of a job well done.

Our lives are being documented, in ways large and small and trivial and important. Why the internet is good.

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