Headlines from July 3, 2007

Recently declassified documents reveal Mitterrand's support of the Hutus in the months leading up to the Rwandan genocide.
Confirmed: France loves McDonalds.
Hoping to compete with Al Jazeera, Iran launches a 24-hour, English-language news channel.
China tightens laws to restrict organ transplant tourism.
Egypt's "lost queen" Hatshepsut died riddled with health problems.
Sacred icicle can't stand up to body heat of faithful pilgrims, chooses the puddle route.
Texas, looking out for its reputation, stands in the way of filmmakers.
Piranhas turn out to be not that scary, unlike every single animal here.
The newest test for Alzheimer's may involve scratch 'n' sniff.
Italy's "Pink Beach" adopts a clubhouse slogan: No Boys Allowed; catching up with Divine Brown.
"Equity stripping" is the decidedly un-sexy scam to which more and more homeowners are falling prey.
BBC accuses ITV of "rabid copycatting."
Bill Gates abdicates the title of world's richest man to Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim.
Yes, somebody bought iphone.com back in 1995; yes, that person is now a millionaire.
What is a Kalamazoo conference good for if not bridging the great academic versus recreational medievalist gap?
TMN will be taking a Fourth of July break beginning this afternoon, and will return July 5--click here to make some fireworks over NYC.
Libby walks, Bush talks, Democrats balk.
Gates seeks to rally bipartisan support for end of troop surge, beginning of withdrawal from Iraq.
Bush signs law requiring federal buildings to lower flags when states do.
Beverly Sills, beloved Brooklyn soprano, dies at 78.
Looking to Britain for hints, U.S. intelligence officials surmise the next attack may be less sophisticated than previously thought.
Mother freezes eggs for daughter that may eventually become infertile; someday, she may give birth to a Lifetime movie.
What's been killing bighorn sheep for the past 50 years? An organism that inhibits hair growth in airways.
In this week's Book Digest, Robert Birnbaum reads patriotically.
The old Transformers versus the new, and how a death toll made space for new toys.
Japanese defense minister resigns after saying Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings were inevitable.
Scientists believe yawning may be the body's way of cooling the brain.
Interesting: A list of notable brain tumor patients.
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