Headlines from March 3, 2011

Libya-Tunisia border "bursting"--90,000 refugee in 10 days; Europe transports Egyptians home.
Yemeni president, perhaps remembering all those U.S. aid dollars, backtracks on "U.S. staging Middle East revolution."
Police counterterrorism training business coheres under one view: total war with Islam.
Black Keys ex-wife holds MiniDisc of Black Keys' first show hostage.
Court cases that rely on digital evidence flustered by flash drives and their "self healing" procedures.
Welfare for movie producers evolving from a "weird thing they do in France to an unshakable American tradition."
How to enjoy runway shows: No need to spend cash on fashion, you can simply enjoy the colors.
Current recession differs from others because employers are resuming profitability without rehiring American workers.
Op: Today's gold watch for parting employees is the final big night out, and sometimes it's better not to attend.
Former tennis no. 1 Mats Wilander now giving lessons from a Winnebago.
TMN's Anthony Doerr receives 2010 Story Prize.
Must read from the Doerr reader: the horrifying, electrifying "Planet Zoo," about the end of the world.
World lion population declined 95% since 1960.
Thom Yorke dance guide translated (originally published in the French).
Beckett remembers Joyce from first meeting to drunken adventures and piano concerts.
Justice Alito is the lone dissenter in upholding the right of fringe groups to protest near private funerals.
Supreme Court considers whether Ashcroft has personal immunity in the 2003 detention of an American Muslim.
Most popular Bible for American catholics revised; "virgin" becomes "young woman"; "booty" becomes "spoils of war."
The Google Earth/pdf mashup that sent 100,000 Bahrainis into the street.
In 2005, Gadhafi's sons launched a brutal war with each other to control a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Tripoli.
All animals have a 30% chance of cancer--so how do blue whales reach ages of well over a century?
Dutch study finds people make better decisions for their long-term future when they have to pee.
Every time one of their narrow-minded, classist letters makes it on the air, I contemplate burning my tote bag in protest.
For 65 years, 5,000 Britons have been tracked, teaching us more about everything from birth weight to menopause.
"This large passage of verse looms over a small boy in the lower right corner." Psychoanalyzing Dr. Seuss.
Young female rappers throw disses at Lil Wayne; 10 rap songs on which ladies outshine their male counterparts.
A gigantic underground cave on the moon would make a terrific astronaut HQ--or lunar hotel or secret Nazi base.
Good night no-room, goodnight two moons, goodnight Shai-Hulud bursting out of the dune.