Headlines from November 6, 2009
- Nicholas Kristof apologizes to Slovenians for comparing terrible U.S. health care to Slovenia's fine system.
- Latest F.B.I. push into hedge-fund crimes brings charges against 14.
- Abu Mazen bowing out from the Palestinian Authority: desperate tactic or a refusal to be kicked around?
- Army psychiatrist, now in custody, kills 12 at Texas's Fort Hood.
- According to contemporary authors, "the foundations of a civilised society have collapsed, leaving Russia wallowing in a morass of amorality."
- London mayor rescues woman from the grips of "feral kids" and "hoodie-clad oiks."
- Turns out the Large Hadron Collider failed due to "an errant chunk of baguette."
- See also: In the event that you have accidentally swallowed the Higgs boson.
- Heirloom design: a panacea for consumption.
- German programmer codes a field.
- Man attempts to visit town that exists on Google Maps but not in real life.
- Beware hyperopia: an excess of farsightedness.
- T-Mobile study says 22 percent of men are "metrotextuals"-- signing their texts with kisses.
- Cellphones likely outnumber lightbulbs in some parts of Uganda.
- Charles Simic on military fast food abroad, and why it's an insult to natives.
- How to turn food from vending machines into gourmet fare.
- Army study shows three-quarters of American youth are too fat or poorly educated to serve.
- Fascinating: In pictures, the development of a soldier.