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Headlines for Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Afternoon Edition

Just in case some liberals weren’t sure, the public option is dead, say Democratic leaders.

Carter: Foreign Policy got me all wrong.

Op: With black male unemployment at 17.6%, undocumented workers are hurting African-Americans.

Germans furious about paying for greedy, pampered Greeks’ pensions.

Combat-zone pictures by some of the world’s best war photographers.

Stones tell TMN’s Anthony Doerr to enjoy his coffee because he’s very, very small in the big picture.

Story behind Sal Manetta’s incredibly personal, whimsical manuals for Franklin computers.

Loving, long alleluia for the evolving powers of Google’s search algorithm.

Studies show: Sitting is bad for you, particularly if you sit all day long.

More computer metaphors: Naps help clear your brain’s inbox.

New Yorker editor won’t “pump up” Obama story for a book, definitely won’t “pimp it out” either.

Video: Margaret Cho’s “My Lil Wayne.”

James Frey operates under multiple pen names.

Stephen Baldwin’s less famous older brother. Leader of the Baldwins. The 10-word wiki offers an encyclopedia for the ADD-generation.

Poems by former Hitler Youth excerpted from “documents by Holocaust planners, perpetrators, and victims.”

Audio of the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.

Scaled chart of ocean depth.

Morning Edition

The 2010 Winter Olympics set out to be the greenest games, a goal that helped reduce the impact of shipping in all that snow.

How the Pentagon uses video games and other “militainment” to recruit a new crop of crack shots.

“If there are no further recalls and everything goes well on Wednesday, people in the U.S. will be just as happy to go on and forget about it.”

Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. Writers give writing advice.

Tob Judge Molly Young responds, finds the value of a list of such specific advice.

Video: The world’s most generic news report; the world’s most Juggalo news report.

Because his diamonds are implanted—not on a grill—Lil’ Wayne can bring his teeth to Rikers.

A Paula Deen dinner party injures guests’ palates, includes a running count of butter and cheese.

M.I.T. student designs wheelchair for the third world.

Former prom king now living anonymously among commoners.

French retirees live longer than any other retirees.

The world’s most expensive flowers.

Video: Chicago’s Cabrini-Green disappears beneath wrecking balls.

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