Headlines from November 23, 2010
- "It was not a comfortable home for one person." The New York schools chancellorship once came with a Brooklyn Heights brownstone.
- My understanding of the immediate post-Watergate era was largely shaped by...Doonesbury compilations.
- Carnival Cruise Lines, stranded passengers disagree over whether the ship served Spam.
- To help autistic children overcome flight fears, airports, airlines--yes, even the TSA--stage mock flights.
- I get in the cupboard. Sandrine closes the door. Jean Hanna Edelstein has a simple flying phobia.
- In the past two years, U.S. agents transporting nuclear weapons have been involved in 16 alcohol incidents.
- As hospitals reduce X-ray radiation levels on children, dentists continue to crank it up.
- Across scientific circles and rehab centers, the practice of using hallucinogenic drugs to beat drug addiction is gaining credence.
- Op: No stats can compare to diagrams like Copernicus's solar model, which transcended language to change the world.
- Scientists puzzle over the mystery of a woman who's always eating but has no body fat.
- Diehard Jets fans criticize those who left Sunday's come-from-behind victory early.
- Eno calculated that it would take almost 10,000 years to hear the entire possibilities of one individual piece.
- U.S. priority in Korea: Avoid overreaction or any missteps.
- Iran's parliament prevented by Supreme Leader from impeaching Ahmadinejad.
- Damon Winter's iPhone pictures of soldiers in Afghanistan.
- The single least popular choice was allowing the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. Times analyzes thousands of readers balancing the federal budget.
- Man decides to diet after KFC gives him a Christmas card and the Dalai Lama calls him fat.
- Professor analyzes test scores, decides dozens of students cheated, and confronts them.
- Three theories why siblings share genes but not personalities: divergence, environment, exaggeration.
- Very little clear about 29-year-old Australian twins' suicide attempt near Columbine except a connection to bullying.
- Video: "It Gets Better," Love, Pixar.
- Oklahoma Indian nations turn to bruiser for venegence--$1,000 per broken bone or bashed-out tooth.
- Story of how Tolstoy escaped from his own estate to die in solitude.
- Disturbing posters from Soviet mental hospitals.
- Timberwolves practice to correct all-time worst on-court free-throw handshake.
- Not disturbing: All of Bach's organ work available online for free.
- Oh, and yeah, turkey: Bittman videos; Parsons on grilling; habanero brine.