Headlines from December 8, 2010
- As it turns out, some suicide bombers aren't ideological martyrs, but just depressed kids.
- America's leading terrorist expert is a 31-year-old who garnered all his expertise from the web.
- If you want to be an expert deceiver, master the art of self-deception. Professor recalls his days as a luxury jewelry salesman.
- Professor defends the romance of diamonds, even if societal obsession is based on marketing campaigns.
- Eighty rejections in, a psychologist-turned-novelist is still plugging away.
- Military campaign names are the result of branding--deploy "noble" words for emotional appeal.
- Nations skipping Nobel prize ceremony seek future rewards from China--none are "fully fledged" democracies.
- The story of the first American cookbook: One woman wrote it, another made it better against the former's will.
- Tribal area shaman and middle-class Harry Potter fans fuel India's illegal owl trade.
- Lift-quotes from John Lennon's soon-to-be-published final interview; audio of more excerpts.
- Shout out your mentor, your helmet sponsor, your guitar tech: Write your 2010 liner notes.
- Jason Feifer wants his fellow Hall & Oates fans to stand up since, you know, you're at a concert?
- Europe's experimental "car trains" cede steering to a pro, freeing drivers to tweet unfettered.
- I guess I was a bit deferential. Nick Baumann discovers his antibiotic's troubling side effects.
- Yoko remembers the tea maker.
- The apartment was always uncluttered and tasteful. Sharing the Dakota with John Lennon.
- Icelander Kristinn Hrafnsson, the probable new spokesperson for Wikileaks, wants more leaks, less drama.
- Still no check from WikiLeaks to help with the law fees for the Army private suspected of leaking classified docs.
- Texas security contractor may have funded child prostitution parties for Afghan police, say Wikileaks documents.
- Postal Service report details mail carriers' bad behavior: stealing DVDs, pilfering meds, dumping letters.
- Nigeria issues indictments against Dick Cheney for bribery as Halliburton executive.
- Obama appears on Mythbusters, cementing his place as most entertainment-friendly president ever.
- More about the potato board director who survived two months on potatoes to prove their nutritional wholeness.
- Photos: National Geographic's picks for 2010's weirdest newly discovered animals.
- On most days, the soundtrack at Oregon practices is a mix of hip-hop, heavy metal and hard-driving rock.
- A handy chart of John Irving's "Recurring Themes" includes "Prostitutes" and "Wrestling."
- Listen: Every track from the first disc of The Essential Billy Joel, played simultaneously.