Headlines from February 8, 2010

Two years after rallying Wall St. for record donations, Obama is rebuked by Chase's G.O.P. support.
Many worry Canada's housing recovery may have been so swift that it will cause another bubble.
Palin calls not considering a 2012 presidential run "absurd," even though it wasn't written on her hand.
How a man arrested for attacking his prostitute girlfriend and ex-wife (while on a steroidal rage) became Illinois's new lieutenant governor.
America's worst political ads.
How the Letterman-Oprah-Leno Super Bowl spot came together without CGI.
We meant to give it to you when you bought your Prius, in your Prius, to secure the engine block.
This year's Olympic medals are made from recycled electronic parts.
All my life I have grafted fistfuls of dimly grasped concepts to a series of barely articulated goals. Going whole grain.
TMN seek a winter intern; applications due next Monday.
For Kevin Nguyen, karaoke has taken him from the living room to the Czech Republic--just like Taylor Swift.
"It's the God-damnedest thing I've ever seen." Vintage Yalies react to their alma mater's new admissions video.
Scientists make model of dinosaur as it actually was: with feathers.
Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede in Ukraine, but many doubt she'll have time to prove there were violations.
Five possible benefits to the U.S. should Iran build a bomb.
Mexico City's homicide rate today is less than a third of that for Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin and Kansas rated as top states for spotting highway-side sculpture.
Story of a professor's response when a student is jailed on a terrorism charge (and what books she sent him in prison).
Distance is no protection these days. Change is invading Patagonia by water, by sea and hydropower.
Account of what it's like to visit a plate boundary on land, "the line demarking the collision of two massive tectonic plates."
Audio slideshow explores the colorful world of plankton.
Scientist tells Sunday Times they got a story wrong about blondes; Times says he misunderstands his own data.
Video footage of the launch of STS-130 (see also photos), the last night launch.
Video analysis on how to perform a triple lutz-triple toe loop.
Tuesday poem: "The Fluffer Talks of Eternity," by D.A. Powell.
Only 1,289 independent bookstores remain in the U.K.