Headlines from March 26, 2008
- Americans have realized that they have perhaps talked with one man [in Pakistan] for too long.
- Eight "worst" foods in America.
- Profile of CrossFit: "forging elite fitness" with daily exercise routines, not meant for "Stairmaster chumps."
- German right leader charged for publishing pamphlets advocating whites-only football team.
- Print for the commute: Recent Georgian interdictions suggest the trade in Russian nuclear materials is more than a trickle.
- In case you missed it, the saga and footnotes of how paparazzi track Britney Spears.
- Another must-read: post-kidnapping, Paul Salopek's story of becoming Sahelian (see also his story of being held captive).
- Violence of the heart was the only kind that he could tolerate for long. Anthony Lane on David Lean, director of Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago.
- Despite all the big brains wearing beards, having facial hair in the lab is a no-no.
- Your portrait rendered in cufflinks.
- In Japanese advertising, URLs are out and search terms are in.
- Regardless of one's interpretation of the results, the experimental benefit of napping seems clear.
- Emails sent by mothers.
- Today in TMN: What happens to your apartment when you die? What do you know about Steve Winwood? What does Hornby think of Díaz?
- Also in today's Tournament of Books: Meet the zombies.
- In Baghdad and Basra, violence takes a sharp upswing--ceasefire, Green Zone threatened.
- It took the Pentagon 18 months to figure out it had sent secret nuclear fuses to Taiwan instead of helicopter batteries.
- Doctors divided on the validity of a lung cancer prevention study after learning it was sponsored by cigarette makers.
- When you eat nanotechnology, you could eat a cheeseburger that reduces your cholesterol.
- This season of Afghan Star will do more for women's rights than all the millions of dollars we have spent on public service announcements for women's rights on TV.
- Italian police raid circus, save sisters forced to swim with piranhas, lie with snakes.
- A bad movie made on an epic, lavish scale, is the cultural equivalent of leprosy. In search of the worst movie of all time.
- The seven most predictable words of book reviewing.
- Nine ways to live long and prosper.
- Serious travelers make it to the seventh continent, stinky penguins and all.
- Phony Craigslist ad puts everything on Oregon man's property up as free for the taking--and it was taken.
- Video: For next Easter, ways to eliminate a chocolate bunny.
- Swift Kids for Truth.