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Friday, November 20, 2009

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Headlines for Friday, November 20, 2009

Weekend Edition

F.I.F.A. turns down Ireland’s request to replay the handball-tainted playoff match against France.

Brooks: Geithner and Obama saved the global economy and deserve credit.

The case for This American Life as the newest propaganda arm of the conservative movement.

Positive correlation found between a country’s belief in hell and the strength of its economy.

Will Ferrell rated by Forbes as Hollywood’s worst investment property.

Senator Santorum enjoys laughing, but he doesn’t know any jokes. Comedian poses as 10-year-old to get politicians to share jokes.

Louis Armstrong’s memoir of a Jewish family shows his take on the moral failings of his own people.

Analysis of various superheroes’ powers’ scientific properties.

Christo committed to honoring the promise he and Jeanne-Claude made to each other: to continue the work.

Weekend activity: Tell us about your nontraditional holiday traditions.

Long, nuanced account of renegade whaling and contemporary American Indian law.

Slideshow: Death masks of Keats, Robespierre, Lincoln.

Profile of “the world’s most problematic political prisoner,” Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man, now its most famous prisoner.

Irish program where young criminals apologize in lieu of imprisonment sees decrease in reoffenders.

Shanghai is obsessed with real estate like New York, and like New York it’s unlike the rest of its country.

Costa Rican scientists build rocket to pick up space garbage.

Op: Now that water’s been discovered on the moon, we can start building our new homes.

Ten senators draw their own states; Saxby Chambliss has no idea what Georgia looks like.

High-falutin’ rock-and-roll dust-up between Radiohead, Fiery Furnaces, and Beck.

Bates Gill, Bill Gates; Milton Glaser discusses drawing while drawing; many bookshelves.

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