Headlines from September 12, 2007

Today sees the resignation of the Japanese PM, the selection of a new Russian one, and the Australians' promise to show himself the door.
Former president of the Philippines gets 40 years in prison for corruption, heavy drinking, and womanizing.
Former PM of Pakistan vows to continue his fight after re-deportation.
Sharif, though, has little reason to fear--Negroponte is on the case.
Remember when the dollar was totally crushing the euro? Like in 2000? Oh, good times.
In Ethiopia, it still is 2000.
Researchers find news coverage on sites like Reddit, Digg more focused on sci-fi and iPhones than one would expect.
Remarkable amounts of ingenuity, as well as explosives, go into ridding California's Lake Davis from invasive pike.
Alex, the talking grey African parrot, is dead at 31.
Moray eels have something in common with the creature from Alien: terrifying double jaws.
Janet Jackson's nipple is still on trial.
Thousands of volunteers are using satellite imagery to help find missing adventurer Steve Fossett. (Pitch in here.)
Astroland goes out with a whimper--Elizabeth Kiem's summer series ends with a bang.
Just to be clear, Marmite isn't marmalade, so there's no reason for Paddington the Bear to be eating it.
Bush to cut back troops to "pre-surge" numbers.
"There is no military solution in Iraq and there never was." Obama has a plan, too.
Triple-word score if your kid is born on Lenin's birthday: In Russia's Ulyanovsk, workers told to stay home, have sex, make babies.
"Freegans" take trash tours, cook with would-be garbage, and live on consumer waste.
Led Zeppelin joins the reunion crowd this year.
Thurston Moore ponders a Sonic Youth reunion tour--if only they'd broken up.
And the Oscars go to...Jon Stewart.
"It's official: three-minute pop songs are now two minutes too long for the MTV attention span."
Air Guitar World Championships held in Finland; oddly, the top prizes are guitars.
Viking ship discovered under British pub.
"Your friends are making you fat," and other examples of contagious junk science.
Humans evolve beyond other species due to potatoes.
Canine behavioral science: old dogs, new tricks.
Watch out, Knut: global warming predicted to wipe out two-thirds of the world's polar bears by 2050.