Headlines from November 4, 2009
- "I think it's changed a little too much and needs to change back the other way a bit." Republicans chalk up wins in Virginia, New Jersey.
- Two big points about yesterday's returns: Voters are responding to the economy, Sarah Palin.
- American car sales are rebounding, posting profits for the first time in two years.
- Op: Cash for golf carts illustrates the Obama Administration's feckless tax policy.
- In a narrow race, Maine voters decided to repeal its new law allowing same-sex marriage.
- Please note the lack of powerful women at this basketball game. Ana Marie Cox and Jason Linkins take apart a White House action shot.
- What it takes to be a baseball fan in the era of the internet and Moneyball.
- An official announcement by the Obama administration disclosing the reality of extraterrestrial life is imminent.
- Scientists in Hawaii have devised a tool to timestamp lava.
- The concentration drug that students have found works better--and more mysteriously--than you might suspect.
- New research shows that negative thinking boosts memory.
- Photos: Clearing out the desks during the last days of Gourmet.
- A retrospective of Poland and Hungary in 1989, when the countries were poised for progress and power.
- Notes on reconciling Merkel's admiration of Catherine the Great with her nickname "Mutti" ("Mom").
- Rare video of British soldiers "shell shocked" by World War One now available online.
- Mexico mayor in trouble for heralding death of a drug dealer before the body was found.
- The longer Putin holds power, the more he focuses on silly stunts and photo shoots.
- Kenya's legendary man-eating lions only ate people as a last resort, and not as many as previously thought.
- Friend and colleague of Bolaño protests against publishing's myth-machine.
- The list behind the lore of Donald Barthelme's 81 must-read books.
- Six urban legends that are actually true.
- One author, one book, many possible cover choices, and the one that won.
- I've been using quantum mechanics for about 35 years, and the more I study it the less I understand it.
- Interview with a female umpire on why women have no place in professional baseball.
- Yucca Mountain's designer explains the site's philosophy of containment for nuclear waste, and how exactly the project works.
- Using Google's predictive search tool to observe the intelligence of query-makers.
- Video: Weezer sells new album with Snuggies via infomercials.