Headlines from August 27, 2010

Chilean miners receive special diet to maintain wiggling weight, plus games and antidepressants.
War consists largely of the endless tinkering with PowerPoint. Colonel's take on two months of doing nothing in Afghanistan.
Long read: Afghanistan encounters with raw soldiers, small pieces of truth, bored gunners, and the Hash Monster.
Designer behind the Cordoba Initiative's logo disappointed to see her mark missing from the mosque hubbub.
Early humans ate each other for both political and nutritional gain.
New data suggests squatting beats sitting: article on proper defecation techniques.
U.S. economy is the Pittsburgh Pirates: owners squatting on cash, refusing to hire new talent.
Face behind the latest Vampire Weekend album sues after seeing the cover.
TMN readers, what's your hot jam of forever?
Survey conducted by Refrigeration News found 72 percent of respondents installing dummy thermostats.
All-access, non-exclusive profile of Kanye West based on Tweets and online photos.
Things we think Kanye would like: hungover owls; life in a world of logos.
Video: Jerry Stiller visits the real Costanza house in Queens.
French novelist Michel Houellebecq commits suicide in his new novel.
History of the failure to develop an English gender-neutral pronoun.
Summer of TMN books: Kakutani rave for Guilfoile's "hectic, bloodstained" The Thousand.