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Headlines from May 3, 2011

Raid on bin Laden compound uncovered a "mother lode of intelligence," including a number of hard drives.
With Missouri's appeal blocked, Corps of Engineers blows Mississippi River levee to save Illinois town.
Brain tissue tests on former NFL player who committed suicide reveal the trauma-induced depression he suspected.
He gave a commencement speech in Miami and golfed with aides in Maryland. Obama's 72-hour poker face.
Always listen for the "to be sure" line, the caveat that reveals we may be getting things backward...
Demand for rare earths--used to manufacture everything you like--spur price increases, protests.
Sci-fi killed utopianism with its too-detailed map of the future; now it's time to use it to bring utopianism back.
Video: Nabokov discusses foreign edition covers of Lolita.
OED discovers use of "OMG" in a 1917 letter from a British admiral known for his "intemperate letters."
Mailer's Brooklyn Heights apartment--but not its trove of memorabilia--goes up for sale.
For medical researchers, big discoveries rarely turn into pharma treatments--that may change.
An ode to the magic of libraries, those hubs of connection, as they're about to go extinct.
Bin Laden's DNA match most likely from a parent or child to meet 99.9% accuracy.
Great hideout, would use again. Bin Laden's compound receives mostly bum reviews.
Times drops honorific for bin Laden.
Op: If Pakistan's military intelligence is mildly competent, bin Laden was being protected by some officials.
Zadari: We did our part in capturing bin Laden; we are united against terrorists.
Saga of Russian supermodel who jumped to death, and the filmmaker who wanted to know why.
Fascinating on many levels: How to rob a bank.
Mexicans work longest hours in the world; Belgians work the least.
Op: The best news for Democrats is that the opposition still hasn't found its Clinton.
The live updating stream of thought and reaction is here to stay, and it will become more prevalent rather than less.
In a perfect world: Circles are easier to cut with scissors.
Video: Ferrell shaves Conan, Kimmel collects clips of newscasters saying Obama instead of Osama.
Pictures of many and varied old sad things.
Maud Newton interviews Emma Forrest, author of a memoir about what it's like when your therapist dies.
Life and death of Yuri Gagarin annotated, contested, fought over by scholars.