Headlines from September 13, 2007
- Sunni sheik who was leading advocate for U.S. cooperation is killed in bombing.
- Japanese PM enters hospital day after resignation, seriously slowing down the replacement process.
- Female boxing proves to be a path out of poverty for increasing numbers of Thai women.
- Warner plans Senate run to replace Warner, nation already confused.
- "There is no handbook for the spouse of a presidential candidate," but if there were, this batch would be breaking all the rules.
- "I worry about the care of the dying patient being dictated by the potential for organ donation." Aggressive push for organs means some doctors are crossing the line.
- U.K. rules that recently approved human-animal hybrid embryos can be used to derive stem cells.
- BBC reports that older siblings cause younger ones to be shorter--unclear if it's related to constant beatdowns.
- Panel of space experts says Britain should get on board and into orbit.
- Google founders convince NASA to lend them their runways.
- This fall, even the kilogram is slimming down--at least by 50 micrograms.
- In today's feature, Clay Risen stares down skyscrapers and looks modernism in the eye.
- Video: College Humor prank war ends with fake marriage proposal and real slapping.
- The world's weirdest units of measurement and classiest 404 error screens.