Today's Headlines from the NYT on the web

I subscribe to an email service called Today's Headlines: The New York Times on the Web. (Please see example below.)

As a non-American citizen or resident, I object to the prioritisation of American stories, the relegation of world news (and not much of it) to way down in the email, the presence of a N.Y metro section and irrelevant advertisements.

Not to mention the annoying design decision to write the names of the journalists in capital letters. Why?

What design thinking goes into making SHERYL GAY STOLBERG (who she, pray tell?) as important as her TOP STORY about Bush and Lieberman Praise McCain in lower case.

Actually, to be honest the entire email is a total mess design wise.

Clearly the NYTimes isn't the world's daily newspaper.

I subscribe to this email to pick up on late breaking NYT stories that are too late for the Atlantic edition of the IHT.

I'd prefer an IHT email which gave me their headlines PLUS the late breaking NYT stories that don't make it into the IHT print editions.

Anyway, take a look below, let me know what you think.

TODAY'S HEADLINES
The New York Times on the Web
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Compiled 2 AM ET
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For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com
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TOP STORIES -Bush and Lieberman Praise McCain
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
President Bush's speech to Republican convention on Tuesdaynight seemed to highlight how eager Senator John McCain isto usher him off the stage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/us/politics/03repubs.html?th&emc=th
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Palin's Start in Alaska: Not Politics as Usual
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
When Sarah Palin ran for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, in 1996,the town got its first local lesson in wedge politics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/us/politics/03wasilla.html?th&emc=th
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Payoff in McCain's Effort to Woo Conservatives
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
The McCain campaign spent months trying to shore up supportamong religious conservatives, who have long viewed him as a nemesis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/us/politics/03conservatives.html?th&emc=th
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QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"I'm here to support John McCain because country matters more than party."-
SENATOR JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, independent of Connecticut, in remarks at the RepublicanNational Convention.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/us/politics/03repubs.html?th&emc=th
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- METRO -
Interactive: On the First Day of School, a Day of Firsts
A teacher, a principal, a student and a director on New York City's schools' first day.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/02/nyregion/20080903_SCHOOL_FEATURE.htmlRelated Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/education/03first.html-

OPINION
The Wild Side: Braking the Virus
Rewriting virus genes may lead to safer vaccines for humans, writes Olivia Judson.
http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/braking-the-virus/index.html

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Georgians Eager to Rebuild Army
By C. J. CHIVERS and THOM SHANKER
Georgia's military leaders hope to train the armed forcesas if another war with Russia is almost inevitable.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/europe/03georgia.html?th&emc=th
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Russia President Dismisses Georgia's Leader as a 'PoliticalCorpse'
By ELLEN BARRY
President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia made his commentsafter the European Union strongly criticized Russia for itsmilitary offensive in Georgia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/europe/03russia.html?th&emc=th
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NABATIYE JOURNAL
Hezbollah Shrine to Terrorist Suspect Enthralls Lebanese Children
By ROBERT F. WORTH
Hezbollah has opened an exhibit in honor of Imad Mugniyah,who is accused of masterminding devastating bombings andhijackings in the 1980s and '90s.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/middleeast/03lebanon.html?th&emc=th
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More World News
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?th&emc=th
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ON THIS DAY -
On Sept. 3, 1976, the unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet's surface. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20080903.html
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