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Headlines from June 28, 2007

Bush invokes executive privilege and refuses to hand over wiretapping files subpoenaed by the Judiciary Committees.
The grisly latest from Iraq, including 20 decapitated bodies.
U.S. plans withdrawal of 30,000 troops--from Europe.
Hamas goes marginally underground in the West Bank.
Brother of a British suicide bomber finally tells his family's story.
Pew survey finds just two percent of Turks have even limited confidence in Bush, among other highlights.
Oh, my: Russia claims the North Pole.
D.C.'s Smithsonian Folklife Festival in full muddy swing.
Tridentine: No longer just a gum, but an increasingly accepted form of Mass.
Imitation is the most litigious form of flattery for the owner of New York's Pearl Oyster Bar.
Today's long read: Britain's Tesco supermarket plans its American debut with military precision.
A scientific survey of the 1,001 ways to spell V1@gra, and consequences for your email immune system.
Video: An excrutiating seven hours on the tarmac jauntily captured.
An advocate for the concise TimesDigest, as well as a challenge to create your own.
The Economist looks at suicide trends the world over. Related: One grandmother's decision enough is enough.
In today's feature, Nicole Pasulka gives us the best of the month's terrifying animals attacks.
P.S. Your passion for Post-It notes scares us.
White House subpoenaed on wiretapping, and perhaps finally we'll see a showdown.
Op: A conservative's case for impeaching Dick Cheney.
Blair to work on economics, not peace in the Middle East--because Condoleeza's got that wrapped up.
Iranians revolt against new gas-rationing plan.
The population does not have anything to eat, does not have water to drink, no electricity at night. People do not eat democracy.
Concerning the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's young sons, what right do we have to "disappear" the children of terrorists?
Scientists urge parents to carefully choose books for their children, now that it's statistically proven that kids believe what they read.
See also: moon phase errors in picture books, 10 useless first aid myths.
Keillor on the future of our country, i.e., kids in the library doing work.
Future of speed-eating afflicted by arthritis.
Unafflicted but financially unsure? Hand your money to a neurological patient who can't feel emotions.
Stories of "blokeish behavior" and absent gentility in the London theater stalls.
Fed up with "gangs of marauding youth," citizens with gun permits begin patrolling New Haven.
Today's long read: Thirteen reporters later, what it's like to investigate Putin's government.
Nooses hanging in the white kids' tree: BBC report on racism in Jena, New Orleans.
Now online, the Julliard Manuscript Collection. Unrelated: Henry Raddick's spoof reviews on Amazon.
Inspiring, stomach-turning photographs of contemporary steelworkers.