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Sometimes, you sense that you don't need to read the whole thing. From today's NY Times, for example:

4 G.I.'s Among Dead in Iraq; McCain Cites Progress

Not that the headline writers are trying to emphasize the Senator's apparent cluelessness, or anything …

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Here's another NYT pick. This time, the headline and teaser:

Stalking Strangers' DNA to Fill in the Family Tree

Inexpensive genetic testing is turning the once-staid pursuit of genealogy into an extreme sport.

Up next: scrapbooking death matches.