Headlines from May 8, 2007
- In Iraq, government tensions ease after averted walkout, civilian tensions rise after bomber kills 16 in a residential neighborhood.
- Six Islamic militants living in the U.S. charged with plotting a deadly attack on Fort Dix in New Jersey.
- Graph: Presidential approval ratings put in perspective.
- A British view of the Queen's White House visit.
- Op: In today's political debate, the windbags have been replaced by sound-byte baboons.
- Best not to complain about the American government when Taiwan's frequently comes to blows.
- Video: Russia's duma, of course, does brawling best.
- A history of nudie mags, starting at "bifurcated girls" and ending with a Penthouse snorkler.
- Belarusian movie posters capture stars at their best.
- When the government prohibits microfiltering, French camembert producers give up raw milk and tasty cheese altogether.
- Nokia finds women miss calls because of overstuffed handbags, Ugandans love cell phone covers. (Read the report here.)
- D.C.'s Newseum is nearly, expensively here.
- Today in history: Formula One's Villeneuve drove to his death, Gary Hart got caught in some monkey business.
- The Aesthetic Apparatus Deviant Sex Act Fabricator.
- Europe says if Wolfowitz goes, it won't contest the tradition of the U.S. picking the World Bank president.
- Petraeus says by September we'll know if troop increases have worked; Congress wants a progress report in the fall.
- New leadership in Northern Ireland shares power between "sworn and bitter enemies." (Graphic: "The Troubles")
- A star 150 times the size of the Sun explodes in the largest supernova known to be observed.
- Music fans irked when professionals enter their favorite bands' video-making contests.
- Man quits paying mortgage, goes on spending spree, then learns his life-threatening tumor was misdiagnosed.
- Judge who sentenced Paris Hilton to jail is "amazed at the amount of publicity."
- Now that's a Zombie Round: Time Out NY's book brackets pit Flannery O'Connor in the "Contemporary/Post-1970" category.
- Who picks those lists of "best places to live?" Bert Sperling, who lives in Portland and Depoe Bay, Ore.
- She takes aim at the target and fires away, her bracelets jingling at each pull of the trigger. Floridian ladies take to the shooting range.
- Think tank advises that we can reduce global warming by having fewer babies.
- Baby Stalin was no less sweet or adorable as babies who did not grow up to be dictators.
- Linda Avery and TMN's David Leite win 2007 James Beard Award for Leite's Culinaria.
- Islanders off Papua New Guinea fuel their cars with coconut oil.
- Travelers should expect flying to become even more uncomfortable and more costly with each "innovation" unveiled by the industry.