Headlines from March 28, 2008
- Most of all, however, the assailants target the emos for dressing effeminately, still a provocative act for many in a macho Mexico.
- Raúl Castro allows cellular phone use in Cuba, lifting restrictions that previously limited service to the government and foreigners.
- For its 120th birthday, the Eiffel Tower gets a little hat.
- Some question whether it's swimmers who are breaking world records, or their new, high-tech Speedos.
- It's not a groundswell; it's a tidal wave. It's the biggest thing to happen in Tibetan history for 40 years. Tibet expert explains what's going on, what's next.
- Audio: Meditation-expert monks have more compassionate brains than those without meditative training.
- Researchers test the connection of scents to emotions, find our sense of smell sharpens to record the negative.
- Op: With April being the "silly season" in presidential politics, a theory on how to get a Gore-Obama ticket.
- "I'm not a happy bunny." Heathrow's new terminal continues to fail spectacularly.
- Ten technology gadgets to covet, like a solar-powered robot lawnmower.
- Audio: British radio host gets the giggles during obituary, audience coos.
- The $35 movie ticket will arrive with reclining seats and sushi service.
- The number 4,000 is too great to grasp even for us that are here in Iraq.
- Op: When pressed on how they'll handle the mortgage crisis, McCain regresses, Obama digresses, and Clinton progresses.
- Following the discovery of toxins in its mozzarella, Italy faces European ban, embargoes from abroad.
- "Were we looking at a new Jackie O or more of an Audrey Hepburn or perhaps, even, a touch of Diana." Unlike their Gallic counterparts, the British press swoon for Carla Bruni.
- Some may bristle over using sex to sell veganism, but the opposite is admittedly much harder.
- A more-clothed Playboy launches in the Philippines, targeting mature dads who read it for the articles.
- A tub for the reading-in-the-bath folks.
- Related: How to dry out a wet book.
- More often Brockmeier's pity is directed toward white Americans who grew up during the 1980s. Christian Lorentzen on Kevin Brockmeier's "Magic Feelism."
- Audio: A 10-second clip of a woman singing from 1860 is believed to be the first recording of the human voice.
- Video: Nicole Pasulka on sign-language remakes of music videos.
- "This is not a bomb! This is not terror!" On the train to Brooklyn, a student's science project began smoking in his backpack.