Headlines from June 26, 2009
- At least seven bombs explode around Iraq, as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from urban areas.
- Op: With no leader to stir protesters and remind them of their goal, Iran's revolution may soon fizzle.
- Fearing violence at the hands of Iran's government, protesters turn to new forms of dissent: evening chants and humiliation.
- A popular Sri Lankan astrologer is arrested after predicting the president's removal from office.
- I didn't listen to Michael Jackson after that. His music changed, and so did I. From 2003, Sarah Hepola on Thriller.
- Watching him change his race, his age, and almost his gender, you saw a tortured soul seeking what the rest of us take for granted: a normal life.
- Perpetual striving has us always wanting a bit more than we have--and basing happiness and satisfaction on that point.
- New Yorkers: See TMN's Paul Ford read a new story on Saturday at Cake Shop in the Lower East Side.
- With two anticipated films on their way to theaters, the peculiar challenge of turning children's books into movies.
- Tell us: What are your favorite worst movies?
- Gluttony, designer chickens, and the meaning of life: the joys of the state fair.
- Bring on the fig leaves: Despite societal advances, we're still really embarrassed about being naked.
- How, for more than 20 years, Nike has been trying to turn customers into stats whores.
- Gourmet writer tries Black Mamba Venom energy drink, sees heartbeat through sternum.
- Roubini high-fives Obama's money masters, though "the best policies sometimes have unintended consequences."
- Start your weekend off right: Maira Kalman goes to Monticello.
- Op: It's Britain, and not the U.S., whom Iran truly hates, if a touch admiringly.
- Status on the failed hunt for bin Laden despite "the most extensive and expensive manhunt in history."
- Op: There's no better time to invest than when you're unemployed.
- Whaling commission says whale watching is more profitable than whale hunting; Iceland says both are growth industries.
- Greenland could potentially have 50 times more oil per capita than Kuwait.
- Lowdown on passive houses: ultra-efficient domiciles that produce more energy than they consume.
- Fascinating: Snapshots of the current evolutionary contenders in the field of dream studies.
- Analysis of moviemaking with regards to Eddie Murphy: many flops, but also many fat suits.
- What you're wondering: So what will happen to Jackson's kids?
- Twenty-five years of Elvis Costello reviews in the Times find just a few uses of "adenoidal."