Headlines from January 13, 2011

Lengthy period of deadlock, tension expected after Lebanese government crumbles.
Good, brief primer on Lebanon's crisis (though from December).
Events in Tunisia are symptomatic of what lies ahead. Arab rulers have striven to kill politics in all its forms.
Honduras and Jamaica at odds over death of boat captain; Egypt and Rome over security for Copts.
Because it's fun to say: Tajikistan gives chunk to China.
Clinton on unannounced visit to Yemen; Biden on unannounced visit to Afghanistan.
MySpace, which apparently still has employees, cuts staff in half.
The Monte Cristo is a sandwich fit for royalty--no hot brown, we say.
Long read: How boozing and feminism mix at America's best colleges.
Food best avoided on a first date.
I just wish more companies would put their brands in the hands of the people! Things real people don't say about advertising.
On 1/9/11, over 5,000 people took off their pants on subways in 48 cities in 22 countries.
1975 articles that inspired sitcom Taxi, plus article that followed up on drivers in 2004.
Pictures show years of trying to photograph a black dog resulted in endless black holes.
Video: Jeff Bridges visits a Big Lebowski store.
Engine 28's Roy W. Chelsen is the first firefighter to die since the signing of the Sept. 11 responders' bill.
"I want us to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as Christina imagined it." Obama in Tucson.
Following yesterday's web address, Sullivan takes Palin apart, finds something menacing.
He could talk current events. He wanted to be a writer. A profile of who Jared Lee Loughner used to be.
Loughner's reading list: Brave New World, Communist Manifesto, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Glock sales surge--in some cases double--in Arizona.
Despite claims it has no involvement in executions, F.D.A. quietly helped states acquire sodium thiopental.
Figures show 2010 was the wettest year on record, and tied 2005 for the hottest.
Study finds long-term decline in abortion rates since 1981 stalled in 2005.
In China, the internet brings satire and parody back to a country whose humor was stunted by socialism.
Ethics group calls for investigation of representatives who missed their swearing-in to attend a fundraiser.
"There are no words. It's almost worse than my dad's death." Major League umpire still reels from blown call.
Lithuanians, Poles argue whether to introduce "w" to the Lithuanian alphabet.