Headlines from August 19, 2009
- In the deadliest day since U.S. troops' withdrawal, attacks throughout Baghdad kill at least 58 and wound nearly 300.
- A Taliban spokesman said 20 armed suicide attackers wearing explosive vests had entered the city and five of them were battling police.
- Trying to thwart voter intimidation, Afghanistan asks news agencies not to report violent attacks on election day.
- Congressional health proposals hit a wall on the way across the aisle; Democrats to focus on building support within the party.
- Congress deadlocked over how to not provide health care.
- Glue that can fuse bones could prove a major advance in surgical technology.
- Britain intends to dissolve Turks and Caicos's Cabinet and legislature; can it control former colonies?
- Israel, Sweden furious over Swedish newspaper article that suggests Israeli troops killed Palestinians, harvested their organs.
- The saga of Jericho Scott, the nine-year-old who got banned from his baseball league for being "too good."
- Made two trips to my car and back, Human Resources tight on my heels. Part two in Matthew Newton's entrance to joblessness.
- Americans are more apt to like computer scientists and restaurateurs, dislike car salesman and politicians.
- This year's Mindset List indicates that salsa has been more popular than ketchup for at least 18 years.
- Insane sandwiches think outside the bread.
- Islamists lose control of second Somali town in recent days during the fight against the U.N.-backed government.
- Audio slideshow of Afghanistan's child brides.
- Profile of "McVeigh-Caliber Nut/Oklahoma's Best Teacher," or, an example of those who call Obama the Antichrist.
- The argument for health care co-ops in light of REI's success.
- I have to get my puffins elsewhere. Whole Foods' founder's conservative op-ed ignites organic yuppie rage.
- Critiquing libertarianism through Monty Python quotations.
- Buffett: Beware the quiet withering of the American dollar.
- Terminator producers go bankrupt, owing money even to Schwarzenegger.
- Every 15 minutes, another celebrity dies.
- New research distills the work of a club DJ into what it takes to make a "good" party.
- Brief paper on goose bumps as indicators of emotional peaks during music-listening.
- Long article for those who want more details on Annie Leibovitz's financial woes.
- "Suspicion" invoked in a shaky attempt to determine Real American artists (think Bob Dylan).
- Professional solo woman traveler gives tips for women traveling alone.
- Video: Heathrow hires Alain de Botton to spend a week in the airport.
- For those who like a good procedural: Free issue of the police comic Harker.