Headlines from August 3, 2007
- Estimates drop from 20-30 to eight for number missing in Minneapolis bridge collapse.
- Coming federal crackdown on illegal immigrants may be a huge headache for 12 million legal citizens with incorrect Social Security records.
- L.A.-based Telemundo reporter suspended for having affair with city's mayor; Oakland newspaper editor killed in shooting that "definitely doesn’t appear to be random."
- China is taking care of corruption, its 1,800 least favorite officials first.
- Yellow ribbons removed in hometown of kidnapped British girl amid fears of "grief tourism."
- Anyone with underwater audio equipment encouraged to get it over to Scotland so they can get that whale unstuck.
- Google being displaced by advanced, and extremely inaccurate, online people searches.
- U.K. brands pull Facebook ads after they appear on ultra-nationalist group page.
- Interactive: How your mouse pointer really works. (Be sure to double-click.)
- Nigerian scammers doing their part to tackle global warming.
- Manchester United recruits nine-year-old soccer star based on video footage, now on YouTube.
- In today's Non-Expert, Jessica Francis Kane seriously parses phrases of affection.
- A comprehensive explanation of why most every percentage you read in a popular science article is wrong.
- "He wagged his little tail, he was a very happy lamb." New Zealand's favorite/only seven-/eight-legged lamb put down.
- Gawker solicits the "worst best faux New Yorker cartoons" and the competition is fierce.
- Five confirmed dead in Minneapolis bridge collapse, divers continue their search.
- The bridge had been rated "structurally deficient"--as are more than 70,000 bridges in the U.S., to the tune of $188 billion in repairs.
- How NYC's traffic and pedestrian bridges measure up--the Brooklyn Bridge shows cause for concern.
- Flooding in northern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal kills nearly 200 people, displaces almost 20 million.
- Squire J. Vickers was New York's subway architect in the early 20th century; he was also a painter, and his brush strokes can be viewed all over the system.
- Tracking the pipeline: How albums get leaked.
- The top 10 rock 'n' roll travel destinations in the U.S.--from New York's Gem Spa to L.A.'s Riot House.
- Sarkozy to summer in New Hampshire; expect Chirac to turn up, What About Bob?-style.
- The questions for this week's Headlines Pop Quiz will be sent out this afternoon--sign up for our newsletter to receive yours.
- Game: Find the stars, lose an afternoon. (Here's a walkthrough, if you must.)
- Using vinegar, cotton gauze, and a bright light one can detect cervical cancer--and potentially save millions of women in developing countries.
- Man's imaginary brain tumor spreading rapidly, friends expect him to pull through.
- Correction: Those Sparxxx singing robots weren't from Chuck E. Cheese, they were from Showbiz Pizza, and their owner has more videos.
- The best in non-bacon bacon products.