Headlines from August 9, 2010

Though deportations are increasing, the White House won't bounce students who arrived in the U.S. without papers as children.
In one of the largest arms deals ever, the U.S. will sell F-15s to the Saudis--though without weapons systems opposed by regional allies.
Israeli comics conference to address why there are no Israeli superheroes--and how to change that.
Mike Deri Smith assembles a memorial Tony Judt reader.
"I'm going to let Californians stew in their own juice." Wealthy sponsors pull out of marijuana legalization.
Rio prostitutes worry World Cup and Olympics renovations may evict them from the red-light district.
Rangel's ethics woes mirror his rise to prominence 40 years ago, when he took down Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in an ethics scandal.
Rejection makes people more likely to develop arthritis.
Video: The official Lost epilogue answers all your burning questions.
See also: TMN's staff and readers rewrite the end of Lost.
"I can look at the numbers and make it a defined, deductive problem." How a Harvard Business School professor hit it big as the Harrah's CEO.
Palin: Is the politician more famous than the Monty Python member? Diagram of Wikipedia's most inconsequential edit wars.
A catalog of right-wing politicians' recent threats--veiled and bald-faced--to secede.
United Nations suggests farming insects as a climate-saving alternative to meat.
"Shooting 18 over par is not fun." Tiger Woods wraps up his worst closing round as a pro.
Heatwave and wildfire smog double the usual number of bodies in Moscow's morgues.
Wheat prices hit highest level in the U.S. in two years after Putin bans all exports.
How Churchill may have caused the Bengal famine that killed three million for lack of wheat.
Concluding of NPR's Mexico drug war series: Mexico may want to resume its universal kickback system.
Lunchtime long read: New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson interviews Ahmadinejad and Iran's opposition.
Investigation into Citibank's mysterious S. Larson, customer service rep with a "remarkably stalled career."
Smartphone sauntering and stopping has replaced the quintessential New York jaywalking strut.
Three days at a Polish Pynchon conference: pale, pitiful creatures worshipping a man about whom they know nothing.
Story of Roald Dahl's worst decade--beginning with his child's trauma, ending with his wife's stroke.
Web-nerd gold: Following an Arcade Fire show, Brooklyn writer's bicycle is stolen then recovered thanks to web research and police.
Web-nerd video: Tilt-shift London.
Books find new life as decorative objects, art, and Kindle holders.
Google explains how it counted the world's 126 million books.
In defense of fast food, which has democratized cuisine for millennia.