Headlines from March 21, 2013

Nor could I compare Obama favorably to Bush…most Iraqi Kurds prefer the muscle of a Republican in office.
Fifteen-year-old Nobel Peace Prize nominee returns to school after Taliban gunmen shot her in the head for supporting girls’ education.
Reid: “The time for watered-down and effectively meaningless gun laws is now.”
Paul Ford explains how it’s possible for Silicon Valley to fill in the generation gap with money.
A guide to life after Google Reader.
When birdwatchers share their sightings online, fellow birders express privacy concerns for the birds.
Locust is the only insect which is considered kosher. Israelis cope with a locust invasion by dining on them.
Lagging behind Mexico and Japan, California’s earthquake warning system is a software patchwork that alerts no one.
Arizona lawmaker wants to assign public restrooms based on birth gender.
In a survey of UK doctors, most have prescribed a placebo to at least one of their patients.
Graphs of moods in literature depict Britain’s stiff upper lip over the 20th century. #books
Related: We English, you see, are masters at ignoring people we sort-of know. #tmn
A rare cassette recording of a Smiths’ rehearsal from 1983. #audio
David Brent is pursuing a music career and selling cleaning supplies. #video
Mining the data to determine whether there’s life after 50 for songwriters. via
U.S. asks for Rwanda’s help shipping war-crimes suspect to The Hague; suspect suspected of knowing Rwanda’s secrets.
Obama’s limousine refuses to start after someone fills it with gas, not diesel.
According to records, adverse psychological reactions to combat never even approached the physical losses from the Civil War.
Ten years later, and after 110,000 violent deaths, photos of our Iraq War.
Founder of The Best American Essays series picks the 10 best essays of the postwar period.
British Columbia residents, activists, and politicians celebrate defeating Shell Oil’s attempt to drill in Canada’s Sacred Headwaters.
With more parents working at night, Sweden’s public nurseries offer round-the-clock care.
Pixelated portraits created by using syringes to inject bubble wrap with acrylic paint.
Profile of Kilian Jornet Burgada, “the most dominating endurance athlete of his generation”
One-legged wrestler who conquered the sport now retiring to become a motivational speaker.
Expert at installing “traps”—secret compartments in cars—facing prison time “for doing something that isn’t specifically forbidden by federal law.”
As long as we’re limited in our ability to modify and repair things, copyright will discourage creativity and cost us jobs and freedom. #opinions
In today’s Tournament of Books match, Kate Bolick decides between Gone Girl and Beautiful Ruins. #tob13