Headlines from May 30, 2008
- Former U.S. ambassador Bolton brushes off attempted citizen's arrest for war crimes.
- U.S. Army suicides at their highest in 20 years; Russian army suicides also on the rise.
- Russian Academy of Sciences rebuffs Kremlin, votes against allowing membership to "Putin's Banker."
- Democrats worry about Franken's porn article; Republicans worry about McCain's YouTube image.
- Three months after Clinton won the California primary, a poll finds the state's Democrats now prefer Obama.
- Allowing employees to surf Facebook at work makes makes them more productive, study shows.
- A wife who works different hours than her husband could convey her mood through touch to the creature.
- How did you spend your economic stimulus check?
- How those hours of playing video games are teaching you valuable life skills.
- U.S. begins enlisting "Daughters of Iraq" into female security force.
- In Tokyo, a homeless woman is found to have lived in a stranger's closet for over a year.
- Austrian "dungeon girl" begins career as TV talk show host.
- Engineering students create world's smallest ramen bowl from nanotubes.
- Related: Category F4 tornado destroys four World's Largest Objects.
- Gummy Bear anatomy.
- State Dept. pulls Fulbright grants to Palestinian students in Gaza, says Israel has not given them permission to come to the U.S.
- C.I.A. chief praises destabilization of al Qaeda, credits wins by the Islamic world, the U.S.
- Daily updated, analyzed polls show Clinton may actually be more electable--at least today.
- Scientists Photoshop test data to fraudulently prove hypotheses.
- Aerial photos from the Brazil-Peru border depict uncontacted tribe attacking the plane.
- Harvey Korman dies, age 81; watch his dentist sketch with Tim Conway.
- Fast-paced Icelandic bankers credit lucrative years on new global mentality, say "breakfast is for losers."
- Study debunks myth, finds boys are not better at math in Iceland or any other progressive country.
- The United States could soon stand out in the Americas, and among rich countries, as a refuge for the spanker. On the legality of disciplining children by force.
- Parents of gay children seize the opportunity to nag them about getting married.
- It's a positive statement about the YMCA and what we offer to people all around the world. Critics, the Village People, and the Y discuss a favorite song.
- Turning and flipping colored pages with the click of a mouse: mesmerizing, addicting.
- Bill Cosby to auction off some of his patterned sweaters for charity.