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Headlines for Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Afternoon Edition

Spitzer: There are certain core values that the marketplace simply will not address.

Visual economics for global health care costs.

Story of a girl molested by a police chief shows the Indian middle class’s fight against corruption.

Israel doesn’t have borders, or perhaps has too many of them.

“Snowball sampling” used to determine which drugs are preferred by Spanish clubbers for sex.

Brief summaries of five semi-serious American secessionist movements.

Accounts of 10 Japanese ghost towns.

Driving itself is totally chaotic. Six questions for Peter Hessler about China.

R.I.P. Barry Hannah, dead from a heart attack on Monday.

I once boxed up and hid all my Barry Hannah books in the basement, for fear that his style would contaminate mine.

The Official Petition to Establish “Hella-” as the SI Prefix for 10^27.

Census questions from 1790; statistical time travel.

We’re currently in a board-game renaissance; Matthew Baldwin’s roundup of the best of 2009.

Leno is back, and he leaves a bitter taste; meanwhile, Conan is tweeting.

Formerly of the Tonight Show, TMN’s Todd Levin’s Non-Expert advice for the recently unemployed.

Morning Edition

Toyota owners claim continuing sudden-acceleration problems, even after the dealership fixes.

Medvedev calls for Russian Olympic officials to resign after country’s poor performance.

Unless the government makes swift cuts to budget deficits, Britain risks a debt crisis akin to Greece.

A two-alarm fire breaks out at the Manhattan Criminal Court building, delays Lil Wayne’s sentencing for a second time.

L.A.P.D. apologizes to Robert Kennedy’s family, removes items from a Vegas homicide exhibit, including the shirt he wore when he was assassinated.

“Whether we like it or not, it’s part of American history.” Smithsonian rejects O.J.’s acquittal suit.

I don’t think anyone that day was fearful that time had stopped. Improv Everywhere founder deliberates the nature of comedy with Paul F. Tompkins.

London graffiti legend grabs his spray cans, retaliates against Banksy’s alteration of his 25-year-old work on Regent’s Canal.

A new Spider-Man spoof shows how Wes Anderson’s style is now more recognizable than his films.

Video: Jamie Oliver orders an attack on food ignorance.

British man walks dog from car.

Fish fights of the deep incited by ultraviolet freckles.

Smallest post office: Ochopee, Fla., 8-feet-4-inches by 7-feet-3-inches. Facts and figures about the U.S. Postal Service.

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