Headlines from July 22, 2008
- Short take on Obama's gains in Iraq; long profile of Cindy McCain's perfection in the spotlight.
- The more substantial foreign policy news seems to be coming, if rather quietly, from Mr Obama’s rivals.
- Op: Anything's possible in American politics, but not probable--and McCain's probably got no shot.
- Rejection letter--with editing notes--from the Times Op-Ed page to McCain.
- The U.S. is the only country to take the position that some police misconduct must automatically result in the suppression of physical evidence.
- You were wondering: How exactly does a police dog become a "sworn officer?"
- Gallery: Labs at night.
- Hilarious account when Something Awful experiments with a terrible cake-in-a-mug recipe.
- Video: Three-part tour through a Lego factory.
- Gallery of crayon art drawn mid-flight looks for a permanent home.
- Wordle will turn your favorite text into a word cloud.
- Porn industry feels effects of recession, looks to cut costs, "get out in front of consumer demand."
- Today's seniors have far more sex, and actually enjoy it, study finds.
- New York's jellyfish arrive early, infuriate fishermen, swimmers, and triathletes.
- Serbia captures war-crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic--on the lam for 12 years, he was practicing alternative medicine in Belgrade.
- Obama meets with Petraeus, tours Baghdad by helicopter, makes no gaffes--McCain responds from a golf cart in Maine.
- Regarding McCain's rejected New York Times op-ed--"we know the feeling."
- More: the Obama piece McCain was responding to; McCain's draft article.
- Miss Brooklyn, a Miss Virginia runner-up who lives in Manhattan, crowned Miss New York, aims for Miss America.
- For the first time since the women's movement came to life, an economic recovery has come and gone, and the percentage of women at work has fallen, not risen.
- Citing budget gap, M.T.A. wants fare hikes--despite its declining on-time performance for subways.
- F.D.A. issues salmonella warning on jalepenos--tomatoes are now safe, but it's a bad year for pico de gallo.
- Scientists use tobacco plants to "grow" lymphoma vaccine.
- Video: Web ads lend credence to Gary Busey's business ideas.
- Selling headsets by depicting radiation-beaming cell phones and other examples of corporations taking the internet too far.
- "Israel, Palestine Now Fighting Over Cemetery Space."