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Headlines from February 23, 2012

Afghan Koran protests spread and rage; Taliban urges attacks.
China, Russia, Iran—though not Hamas—all reaffirm support for Syria.
Civil rights activist defends The Help as this year’s “most outstanding and socially relevant motion picture.”
Website connects flying families in need with registered babysitters on the same plane.
Author behind French parenting book asked Marie Claire to bury story about giving her husband a threesome for his 40th birthday.
WHO advocates mass adult male circumcision in Africa to beat HIV.
Confessions of the world’s worst sperm donor.
Fracked gas is not a “bridge fuel” to some cleaner era, but a rickety pier extending indefinitely out into a hotter future. Say no to frack. #longreads
How, when, and why Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion.
There’s a drive among Mormons to share an image of domestic bliss—and Pinterest is the perfect packaging vehicle.
In case you were curious what exactly “http://” really stands for (not really).
Largest-ever picture of the night sky composed of 37,000 separate photographs.
Images of turn-of-the-19th-century Bombay.
Ten seconds selected from every Top-100 song since 1959.
1947 Sporting News sketches of America’s ballparks, by Gene Mack. via
The United States has done very well negotiating with Pyongyang. Former envoy opines on the first post-Jong-il meeting.
Hong Kongers outraged over mainlanders arriving to birth children, who then get 12 years of school, free visas.
“Dude,” the quintessential American slang term, may have been brought to the U.S. by immigrants.
Once thought headed to extinction, the Y chromosome’s shrinking actually occurred in the distant past.
Revisiting Jean-Marie Loret’s claim to be Hitler’s illegitimate son.
An MP3 player was a chance to shape my son’s musical education from the beginning.
A collection of award-winning photos by Rémi Ochlik, who was killed this week in Syria. #photos
Scientist who lied to obtain Heartland documents now fights to save his job at the institute he founded.
Jeremy Lin files trademark for the term “linsanity”—of five applicants, he’s the third.
Theodore Dreiser, J.P. Morgan, and Alfred Vanderbilt were among those scheduled to board the Titanic.
Though its obscenity varies, flipping the bird is recognized around the world—Wittgenstein would be amazed.
Rick Santorum, made from gay porn.
How to remove your search history before Google’s new privacy policy takes effect. via