The Town Crier cries for you to come, behold the glory that is a bunch of links for you on a Friday! Here’s some stuff that interested me this past week. Maybe it will interest you, maybe it won’t. I hope it will.

Read about LA becoming the first state to ban late-term abortions.

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Read about the Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archdiocese settling its “clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million.”

Read about the man who broke his neck at Yankees Stadium when another fan fell on him.

Read about the rare fish that has mysteriously appeared and thrived in manmade ponds.

Read the Chicago Sun-Times‘ “diary” (some might call it “live-blogging”) of the recent Pitchfork Music Festival.

Read this profile of “wizard rockers,” bands like Harry and the Potters, inspired, of course by the Harry Potter phenomenon.

Read about the North Korean man who is scheduled to soon be executed for his Christian faith.

Read about claims that women who feel as though they’ve been racially discriminated against are more likely to develop breast cancer.

Watch this piece which claims that cell phones may carry more germs than toilets.

Watch this piece about the boom in “gourmet” bottled waters, some selling for up to $55/bottle.

Read about Chris Dodd’s reaction to recent comments exchanged between Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, “who were overheard discussing among themselves their hope of limiting the number of Democrats in presidential debates.”

Read as the Daily Herald reviews the recent Pitchfork Music Festival.

Read as the LA Times examines the effects on bands, both good and bad, of licensing their music.

Read reports of a recently leaked patent request which suggests that Apple is planning to add wireless conectivity to the iPhone and iPod, cutting off the one apparent advantage the Microsoft Zune had.

Watch a clip from the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic. This scene depicts Dylan’s first meeting with Allen Ginsberg.

Read about the possibility of no longer being able to be nude in Brattleboro VT’s public square.

Read about Walmart’s decision to carry “Bible” action figures.

Read about the proposal to build the world’s largest cross in Nazareth.

Read as the editors of Christianity Today explain why they hold to justification by faith alone as a defining doctrine.

Read as John Stackhouse offers some concerns with Ronald Sider’s book The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience: Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World?

Read as Lauren Winner offers some thoughts about making a Christian home.

Browse the week in photos from Yahoo.

Read about bands Squeeze and Crowded House reuiniting.

Browse as Yahoo offers the odds for this year’s Mercury Prize. Current favorite is the Arctic Monkeys, with 4/1 odds.

Listen to this NPR piece which ponders the radical decline of newspaper’s reviewing books.

Read about the artifacts found under two 130-year old outhouses.

Read as Paste reviews the latest Harry Potter movie.

Lots from Christianity Today Music this week:

• Read their review of the new Chris Rice album What a Heart is Beating For
• Read their review of the new MXPX, their return to Tooth & Nail, Secret Weapon.
• Read their interview with Third Day drummer David Carr.
• Read about Mark Schultz finishing his bike ride across America.

Read about the 75 year old Swedish woman with the fastest internet connection in the whole world, able to download a feature-length movie in less than two seconds.

Read the confessions of a former spammer.

Read about the recent poll which claims that Fred Thompson is leading the Republicans for 2008.

Read as Dennis Prager says that history will harshly judge those who want to pull out from Iraq prematurely.

Wonder whether Al Gore told the truth about getting the Live Earth DC event booked on the Mall.

Read about a federal judge dismissing Valerie Plame’s lawsuit against the Bush administration.

Read about the recall on the Easy Bake Oven.