Headlines from February 15, 2010

Joint American-Pakistani raid captures Taliban's top commander.
Strategic withdrawal has been at the core of the Taliban's war strategy since 2001.
Kenneth Starr gets a new job title: university president.
Op: The Islamists embraced by Amnesty aren't nice metrosexuals who support women's rights and want an end to bigotry.
Pictures of pampered and beleaguered dogs in China.
The fashion industry is one of the least attractive legal activities on earth.
Heroin's new model: black-tar junk, sold cheaply from cars by small Mexican outfits.
Conservation case study in Boulder, Colo., where residents are reluctant to go green rather than just think green.
Headline: "Otter mistaken for drowning snowmobiler in Maine."
France becomes the first country to strike transexualism from its list of recognised mental illnesses.
Video: Mary Roach's 10 things you didn't know about orgasm.
Wonderful long take on Woody Allen's early career; brief though worthy tribute to David Thomson.
In the same vein: Sam Cooke and civil rights.
The most borrowed books from U.K. libraries are by James Patterson.
Forty-two essential third-act twists.