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Headlines for Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Afternoon Edition

The conservative case for gay marriage: It’s family values, plain and simple.

Gallery of handmade miniature depictions of natural phenomena.

Fed finds record profits in 2009—$45 billion—but earns more risks down the road.

West Point report finds that 85% of al Qaeda’s victims are Muslims.

Op: I built an army in Africa; here’s how we should build one in Afghanistan.

Former Guantanamo guard meets former captives after contact through Facebook.

Interview with an anonymous Facebook employee on what you may not know about your data.

I appeared to have breasts. Pendulous, malformed…breasts. Man takes steroids, suffers, writes book.

Twelve of the worst “Taddeoisms” from Esquire’s profile of Jay-Z.

You are not a little teapot, honey. You’ve just got my hips. Moms taking children’s songs literally.

In case you didn’t notice, shortlist and judges announced for the 2010 Tournament of Books.

Increased chance of grown men wearing shorts. Christopher Niemann’s illustrated personal 2010 weather forecast.

Places to go and things to do in case you’re a vegetable tourist; recipe for Carl Sagan’s apple pie.

Audio: New Radiolab episode goes into the minds of Animals.

Proof that 10 years ago, Game Boy was taking CES by storm.

Morning Edition

Antarctica maintains its frigid form, keeping the oceans level, arctic ice shelves intact.

A look at Chinese tomb-tending ceremonies.

Robots to be enlisted to secure America’s borders.

Requiem for Richie Tenenbaum, AT&T pitchman; Paul Sorvino to release a line of pasta sauces.

At the age of 104, while out for his daily five-mile walk, former Coney Island strongman and age-defier Joe Rollino is struck, killed by a driver.

Following up on the Times’s Netflix queue reportage, a look at the weirdest queues in the strangest neighborhoods.

A map of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the apartment listings advertised as located in Williamsburg.

For another cartographic study of New York City by Dorothy Gambrell, see “The Bohemian Index.”

N.Y.U. acquires Kathleen Hanna’s papers, presents its new Riot Grrrl collection.

“Be prepared…to condense the greatest effort of your life, tens of thousands of words, into ten words of marketing copy.”

Peppy U.S. teens vow to make this the best year ever.

The tree is a metaphor for consumerism. Ryan from The Office has a blog of very meaningful photos.

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