Headlines from February 3, 2010
- Toyota first identified problems with the accelerator in its Tundra pickup trucks in March 2007. U.S. regulators accuse Toyota of delaying "responsible action."
- House members issue letter to Toyota, seeking proof its purported fix will solve the problem of unexpected acceleration in its cars.
- A former lawyer for Toyota claims he has proof of the automaker's history of concealing safety issues.
- Dispatch from Tarnac, home to France's enemies of state.
- Three years ago, McCain said he'd support a ban on "don't ask, don't tell"; today, he calls it "imperfect but effective."
- Upper-East-Siders, drug dealers prefer silent dogs, face ethical questions over their decision to debark.
- This sentence contains expressions of outrage and disbelief largely expressed in Internet acronyms. This is a typical incendiary blog post.
- Early version of the Constitution unearthed in Philadelphia.
- C.I.A. offers corporate side-jobs to agents.
- In the hope that you might consider bringing your much-rumoured memoir to The House of Eliot... Faber editor sends an open letter to Morrissey.
- TMN needs an intern for the winter months.
- An interview with James Dickey's son, Christopher, on the event of his father's birthday.
- He...is allowed to evolve past the cycle of samsara to nirvana. The philosophy of Bill Murray.
- Three U.S. soldiers become the first known American military fatalities in Pakistan.
- Four months after the massacre, power is transferred peacefully in Guinea.
- Various world leaders measured for sickness, sneezing, colds.
- Twenty years after its first store in Pushkin Square, McDonald's chooses Russia as its top country for reinvestment in 2010.
- A.I.G. to pay out $100 million in bonuses, plus tens of millions more in March.
- Chart of Olympic medals versus G.D.P.; colleges ranked by the popularity of their websites.
- Op: McCain the former war hero doesn't believe in military readiness.
- "There's nothing more to be said about 'why no bipartisanship,' once one recognizes the G.O.P.'s discipline."
- Condé Nast sets up snitch line for employees to tattle on one another.
- On the Edwards sex tape: "To remove all digital evidence of her dalliance, [Hunter] should have burned it, preferably in a licensed incineration facility."
- Fascinating photos from one cubic foot of ecosystem.
- The pitch of the blues: Blue whales are singing in a lower key, which suggests they're flourishing.
- Writer consults the compulsion to pare down his style and quit foregrounding the rendering.
- Art to see: "Glean" in New York, "Default State Network" in Los Angeles; "Art Bin" in London.
- Sound map of the United States needs your samples.
- Accounts of recovering art from the Nazis.