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July 2009: Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City
“Bright Lights, Big Internet,” by Bill Wasik, The New York Times, July 31, 2009.

THIS summer, as in so many summers gone by, young aspirants to the creative class — would-be writers, musicians, artists, editors, comedians, performers, thinkers, provocateurs — are stepping off buses in Port Authority and... ...; Want to See a Dead Body?
“Burbank Woman Sues over Husband’s Lost Remains,” Chicago Tribune, July 23, 2009.

A final request by her husband has turned into a nightmare for Margaret Hejna.

A day after James Hejna’s death in early 2003, his widow fulfilled his wishes, signing paperwork authorizing the Anatomical Gift Association of... ...; Cooped Up
“Men Emerge from Mars Experiment,” BBC News, July 14, 2009.

Six European volunteers have emerged from a simulated space capsule in Moscow after spending more than three months locked inside.

They were part of an experiment into how astronauts might deal with the very cramped conditions and prolonged... ...; Full Circle
“In Mexican Vote, Nostalgia for Past Corruption,” by Elisabeth Malkin, The New York Times, July 7, 2009.

MEXICO CITY — “The PRI comes back” shouted the front page headline of the daily newspaper El Universal on Monday, the day after the political party known as... ...; “Nothing but Bloodshed and Terror!”
“Leader’s Ouster Not a Coup, Says the Honduran Military,” The New York Times, July 2, 2009.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Flipping through a stack of legal opinions and holding up a detention order signed by a Supreme Court judge, the chief lawyer of the Honduran armed forces insisted that... ...

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