Headlines from February 22, 2010
- After surviving the quake and the hospital conditions, new amputees in Haiti redefine their lives.
- An internal memo championing avoided recalls, says Toyota, doesn't reflect its corporate beliefs.
- This week will determine the shape of American politics for the next three years.
- Newsweek editors publish their internal email thread asking whether or not Joseph Stack should be labeled a "terrorist."
- Chart: Sources of revenue, state by state.
- TMN's Leah Finnegan investigates college loans, which are crushing grads more than ever.
- A report from the Southern California squid invasion, where amateur squidders have their jigs at the ready.
- Photos of figure skaters making funny faces.
- Ten timeless influencers of conformity.
- At a time when cancer still kills one in four Americans, it is a job that requires as much hubris as heart.
- Photos of the 33 conflicts that are raging around the world today.
- The sound of colonialism underscores the world's national anthems.
- Charles Barron...suggested that the recent earthquake might have been caused deliberately, by something called "induced seismicity."
- How hospital room placement can affect a patient's chances of survival.
- Victorian-era photos of Japan that offered the West's first glimpse of the country.
- They're shaped like pearl bracelets, and toppings include ham and cheese, red spaghetti sauce, salmon, spicy beef, and seaweed flakes. Doughnuts built for China.
- Profile of Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's new, unlikely leader, who has a knack for being at the right place at the right moment.
- What if the pursuit of knowledge entails stem-cell research? What's surprising and what's not about Starr's appointment at Baylor.
- Tell us your favorite U.S. president; you'd be surprised how many people are Fillmore supporters.
- TMN's Clay Risen on the struggle to keep Pac-Man from disintegrating.
- Japanese company creates headphones controlled by eye movement.
- Mechanical fireflies may soon be used to create large 3D displays.
- Insincere flattery: easy, effective, but not without consequences.