Headlines from June 6, 2008

While you were watching Obama: details from secret negotiations for new security arrangements in Iraq.
Hamas does not differentiate between the two presidential candidates. Hamas "unendorses" Obama.
Nas releases new song about Obama (listen here).
Why is Hollywood applying bronzer to white actors to cast ethnic characters?
List of every brand featured or name-dropped in Sex and the City: The Movie (see also: list of science piñatas inappropriate for children).
Gay and getting married, and planning a lot of food? The Times dining section wants to know!
Brazilian soldier comes out of the closet in national magazine, is arrested for desertion.
Burma's most famous comedian arrested for trying to deliver aid to cyclone victims.
A storm in Washington unleashes a mighty criticism of what the Post doesn't understand about the web.
"Children at play" signs and the like are absolutely ineffective. Q&A with traffic expert.
Fewer British teens drink, but the ones who do are drinking enough to make up for it.
Raunchy German chick lit novel ignites controversy about sex, hygiene, and the modern German woman.
Related: German John and Jane Doe known as Max and Erika Mustermann.
Video of old computer hardware playing Radiohead song.
Print for the commute: Surfing's secret Austro-Hungarian roots.
At Guantánamo tribunal, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Sept. 11 defendants ask for death sentence, martyrdom.
Clinton, Obama meet in D.C., perhaps to discuss how to rule the galaxy as father and son.
Photos: Growing up Star Wars.
How demographic groups voted in the Democratic primaries--courtesy of a fascinating interactive graphic.
"Have you ever tried to hack into my typewriter? It is very secure." Why compute when you could typewrite?
Related: Michael Erard pays tribute to the Olympia manual of his youth.
On the fist bump--its origin (superhero cartoons) and enduring popularity (easier than a high-five).
Lincoln was clean-shaven when elected, and other reasons potential presidents shouldn't grow a beard.
Brooks: Lincoln had self-won maturity and a sense of smallness--it'd be nice to have another president like that.
If death gives meaning to our lives, the goal of medical immortality poses a quandary.
"I almost croaked many times." Ballpark gives away all-expense-paid funeral to one lucky fan.
Photos: In Vietnam, 30-plus-year-old U.S. bombshells act as garden troughs, school bells, and home decor.
Street art with a live snail canvas.