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Headlines for Thursday, February 4, 2010

Afternoon Edition

Account of Ghajar, the Middle Eastern village cut in two by war.

Instapaper for the commute: Survey of the remaining grit in La Françafrique.

Russia confirms it too will drop its moon program.

Op: Biden sends a better message when he goes off-message.

Confessions of a Salinger gatekeeper who didn’t like his books much anyway.

Google and the N.S.A. team up for cyber-defense; N.S.A. historian “a little uncomfortable” with close cooperation.

Family Research Council would like gay behavior outlawed.

Estimated profits of Hollywood’s top earners; Emma Watson, #14, is the top woman.

Profile of the “Bling Ring:” L.A. teenagers who stole $3 million worth of clothes and jewelry from celebrities.

Demographic data turned into urns.

Scottish thugs’ favorite drink, Buckfast, includes 15% alcohol and as much caffeine as eight Cokes.

Photographs of Mars made from paprika, cinnamon, and chili powder, and other strange miniatures.

Video: Bluebrain Year One, attempting to reverse-engineer a human brain.

“Underwater plane” can carry three passengers 36,000 feet below the ocean surface.

Classical musicians essentially need to be in the business of adult education if they are to keep their audience.

Gapers Block editor shares the original Facebook: his high-school journal, with friends’ contributions.

Morning Edition

China deflects Obama’s accusations that it artificially devalues the yuan to gain export advantage.

Laundry detergent, energy drinks, and Hyundais all experienced recession-related sales increases.

Whether Toyota will speedily recover from this setback or suffer permanent harm is uncertain, but the betting must be on the latter.

Senate report details how large American banks are unwittingly laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for African politicians.

Harvard crowdsources its disease research.

Op: The retraction of a 1998 paper connecting vaccines to autism won’t slow the anti-vaccine movement.

In a new study of 54 vegetative patients, five show brain activity to indicate awareness; one could respond to questions.

“I believe it is of crucial importance to work with, in harmony with nature.” Prince Charles declares war on the Enlightenment.

Do not be tempted to use a certain word to describe the news cycle around Emanuel’s use of “retarded.”

None of the children taken…were orphans nor even particularly desperate. American missionaries in Haiti jailed for child trafficking.

Photos: 100 feet below Grand Central, M.T.A. workers cut through solid rock to connect four L.I.R.R. tunnels.

Chock Full o’ Nuts converted to a coffee chain in the 1930s; ever since, it’s been tough business for Manhattan nut roasters.

Choire Sicha interviews Paul Ford about online magazines and the paywalled web.

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