Headlines from November 11, 2010

Preliminary White House budget would cut federal spending deficit by hundreds of billions a year.
In the proposed cuts, 10% of federal workers will be laid off; those left face a three-year salary freeze.
John Boehner plans to do his part by flying commercial air to Washington, rather than hop on military aircraft.
Let me get this straight: You want to interview the vice president about stories about him in The Onion?
Op: To win in Afghanistan, the U.S. must make peace between India and Pakistan.
Manhattan literary agencies fish where the fish are, move to Brooklyn.
After a day of maintaining an anti-censorship position, Amazon.com pulls pedophile guide from Kindle store.
Linguist Guy Deutscher argues against the trendy new theory that language influences thought.
Vietnamese dining delicacy turns out to be an important scientific discovery.
Visiting his parents in South Florida, Mark Bittman discovers "off-season weirdo variety corn."
I can guarantee that in your lifetime, if not mine, things are going to change in the food world. The Bygone Bureau interviews Bittman.
How to do a proper band reunion: Understand what you represent to fans, avoid wolf hoots.
Pakistan mixes advertising and checkpoints; messages include "Stop. Security Check. Tasty."
Haiti has 10,000 with cholera in hospitals; 270,000 expected infected in "between six months and a year."
Election map from 1896 New York Times.
Video: Footage of students and anarchists protesting tuition hikes in London.
Rupert Murdoch's Farsi 1 causes rumpus in Iran with popular soap Body of Desire.
Sarah Palin's Alaska will benefit Palin's myth and Alaska's tourism board, not so much Palin's domestic credentials.
Since 1996, women only featured on Wired's covers for their bodies.
Gambia's His Excellency the President Sheik Professor Alhaji Doctor Yahya Jammeh may soon be named King.
Op: America is rich because of common law, massive immigration, great scientific exodus during WWII.
Elimination theory on how Wheel of Fortune contestant solved 27-letter puzzle with only one letter revealed.
Op: From ancient philosophers to Einstein, time is the intersecting point of religion and science.
Spike Lee requests your assistance in blogging about Absolut vodka and selling out Brooklyn.
Narrative Voice makes stories out of online comments; The Awl advises on eating at Chipotle.
I don't stay up very late. Can you post a recipe for early morning bacon? Reviews of Rachael Ray's "Late Night Bacon" recipe.