Today’s headlines, 9/9/06

From the irrepressable Yahoo News.  No commentary today . . . because the headlines themselves tell a story.  What that story is, I don’t quite know . . .

Pilgrims or tourists, millions come to Ground Zero[*1]

NATO chiefs want more troops for Afghan south[*2]

Merkel criticizes U.S. over CIA prisons[*3]

Iran, EU set crunch atom talks; U.S. seeks sanctions[*4]

Ships back in Beirut as blockade ended[*5]

Party civil war after bid to oust UK’s Blair[*6]

‘Star Trek’ marks 40th anniversary[*7]

Indian troops patrol town after blasts[*8]

Journalists fired for taking gov’t money[*9]

French troops land in Lebanon[*10]

Red Cross fined for breaking safety laws[*11]

30 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan[*12]

Hooch liquor kills 23 in Nicaragua[*13]

And, this just in, the Shuttle finally managed to get off the ground this morning.