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Headlines from February 24, 2012

Violent protests precede Senegal’s elections—unusual for a country with free voting since the late 19th century.
U.S. labor-force participation rate of foreign-born in 2010: 68%; native-born rate: 64%. via
130,000 displaced by fighting in Mali since mid-January.
Somalia gives up on central state, shifts to system of zones of influence—best news in years for the country’s development.
Pictures of European hipsters and everything they possess.
Dmitri Nabokov dies at 77.
Related: Opera singer, mountain climber, and his father’s best translator/collaborator, Dmitri led an impassioned life.
Emotions come first when evaluating risk, then the rational brain looks for supporting evidence.
Female cleaner fish more cooperative with unfamiliar males than their breeding partner.
Sale of human growth hormone now big business in Hollywood; soon it will be over-the-counter, says regular user Stallone.
Satellite tour of the world’s biggest slums.
Newly digitized collection of letters between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett.
Shortlist released for strange-title award includes The Mushroom in Christian Art, Cooking With Poo, and Mr Andoh’s Pennine Diary Memoirs of a Japanese Chicken Sexer in 1935 Hebden Bridge.
Photos of cars gradually consumed by nature. #photography
His is that most unfortunate of prose styles: auto-parodic. Savage, fun critique of new book by Blur bassist about his thing for cheese.
A Tumblr of precious menswear and snacks.
Revisiting: Kent Rogowski’s inverted stuffed animals.
The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me. J.K. Rowling to publish novel for adults this year.
UN report on Syrian human rights situation depicts horrifying atrocities.
Since 2000, six police officers have been killed by members of the “sovereign citizen” movement, who argue they are not subject to laws.
Japan questions its safety net following the starvation death of a couple in their 60s and their son in his 30s.
We send home that first rough draft of history…We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story.
Latest U.S. research shows Iran is pursuing nuclear research, but that it hasn’t yet sought to make a bomb.
There’s no acceptable method for disposing of a Quran—the best way is to store it indefinitely.
On biopolitcs and the war of human dignity versus the temptations of scientific progress.
Scientists now believe the drought that toppled the Mayans was relatively mild.
Isherwood: The time is right for a restaging of Death of a Salesman.
John Peel’s record collection—25,000 LPs, 40,000 singles, and thousands of CDs—to become an online museum.
The last comedy to win Best PIcture was Annie Hall in 1978; pundits weigh in on Hollywood’s humorlessness.
History shows one of the most surefire ways for a woman to win an Oscar is by playing a prostitute.
Galloway: Arguments abound over America’s decline, but there’s no question we make the best movies.
A multimedia journey into the depths of the Mariana Trench.