Headlines from February 26, 2007
- Attack at Iraq's Ministry of Municipalities kills 12, injures 42, including Iraqi vice president; Iraqi president being treated for exhaustion in Jordan.
- Flashy Italian dressing skipping a generation.
- When British grocer Sainsbury's promises its customers fair trade bananas, St. Lucia's economy is saved.
- What makes someone a New Yorker? Jaywalking in front of an ambulance. Writer Sarah Vowell on her life in the city.
- Breathalyzer's 75 percent lung cancer detection rate good, though not as good as cancer-sniffing dogs'.
- Op: At a time when smoking is seen as a moral failing, Obama should consider stocking up on Nicorette.
- Scientists use literature to prove repressed memories are a 19th-century creation. (Care to prove them wrong?)
- Social psychologists tell us Oscar acceptance speeches would be more interesting with hostile audiences.
- Delta Zeta's national chapter kicks out DePauw sisters for not fitting sorority girl stereotypes... er, not meeting recruiting goals.
- Will Florida manatees be smart enough to head south when their power plant hot tubs close?
- Somewhere in Manatee Country, kidnapped teen macgyvers himself free with a safety pin.
- Republicans' five-point plan to win the Iraq War debate.
- Older adults more inclined to make errors in recollection, also are more confident about their memories.
- Bangkok's blueprint for air-quality turnaround (pollution down by 47 percent, despite 40 percent more vehicles).
- Anthony Doerr on the amount of garbage a small family produces daily.
- The Berkshires recycle their own currency on a one-year trial.
- The BBC's terrific "India Rising" podcasts.
- James Cameron has found Jesus Chris, literally, and contends that he didn't rise from the dead.
- New U.N. boss deftly avoids saying anything that would surprise you.
- Gates: How to make America speed rather than skate forward.
- Without ice this year, the Dutch don't get to skate their regular 125 miles.
- Glenn Gould just looks better in the snow.
- A short story in pictures: "Alex the Weather Boy." See also, three-dimensional chalk drawings.
- Birnbaum on the week in books you should be able to discuss were you not still thinking about Helen Mirren's plumage.
- Everything you need to know about the wild parrots of Brooklyn.
- Today's Currently: Where would you be if you didn't have to go to work? (718) 371-1016.