Headlines from September 1, 2010
- In the past seven years, life for Iraqis has gone from oppressed--but unambiguous--to chaotic and now, apprehensive.
- As some mosques invite F.B.I. agents to prayer services, Muslim leaders wonder if protection could be mistaken for surveillance.
- It's September, the numbers are in, and it was officially New York's hottest summer.
- N.A.S.A. recommends survival techniques for the Chilean miners: Make friends, but avoid cliques; allow privacy, but watch for loners.
- Darius McCollum, who's been commandeering subway trains since 1981, is arrested at the wheel of a Trailways bus.
- Darius never curses. Excerpts from Jeff Tietz's 2002 Harper's profile of McCollum.
- The new legal bounty: suing companies for marking products with expired patent numbers--a common malpractice.
- Early-early-morning newscasts compete for advertising worms, as WPIX in New York resets its alarm to 4 a.m.
- In 1980, 500 people collapsed without warning; people have debated the cause ever since.
- As people age, they repeat the same stories because they forget who they told them to.
- Related: Complaints about younger generations brew feelings of confidence.
- Since giving the finger doesn't mean much anymore, people are doing it more often.
- Op: Now that McDonald's offers free Wi-Fi, offering free Wi-Fi isn't hip anymore.
- Detained Yemenis' flying behavior "odd and unusual," but not related to terrorism, say U.S. officials.
- Fearing U.N. report charging it with mid-'90s genocide in Congo, Rwanda threatens to yank troops from Darfur.
- Packer: Obama's speech marked "a rare moment of dishonesty and disingenuousness."
- U.S. officer honors his teenage Iraqi interpreter "Roy."
- Long read: Profile of Sarah Palin, the North Star's fist.
- Devil desiring sandwiches from Glenn Beck supporters reports on sandwiches received.
- Gibson: Google should issue children with free "training wheels" web identities.
- Last Labrador Duck is seen in Elmira, New York. List of last occurrences.
- Video: Nick Hornby on publishing and the universe, accompanied by Ben Folds and Pomplamoose.
- Sponsored contest: Win a copy of Tom McCarthy's new novel C.
- C is for corruption: in Mexico, Brazil, and cricket the world over.
- Cricket is like an arcane Russian nesting doll: a riddle inside a mystery, inside an enigma.
- Op: "Tsar" implies callous aristocrat, so stop adding it to job titles.
- Turkey's banking dynasties and industrial heirs compete for best art collection.
- Video: Federer fires a winner between his legs once again.
- Chronicle (and defense) of New York's gossip scene.
- For your convenience: TMN's Madlib gossip column template.