Headlines
The Lonely Lives of Scientists
“Scientists Go ‘Gaga’ to Find Creatures Beneath 600 Feet of Ice”–headline, Associated Press, March 15
Well, He Is the Swing Vote
“Demons Will Accept Kennedy Decision”–headline, NineMSN.com.au, March 15
And Obama Inherited Someone Else’s Mess
“Tiger Decline Is ‘Sign of World’s Failure’ ”–headline, BBC Web site, March 15
Shortest Books Ever Written
“New Book Explores Appeal of Bug-Filled Cheese”–headline, CTV.ca, March 13
The Meaning of Life Part IV: Middle Age
“Pectin-Rich Ingredients Show Fat Replacing Potential”–headline, FoodNavigator.com, March 15
Though Only if the Rain Is Blue
“Rain, Even Urine, Would Help Make Bullitt HQ City’s ‘Greenest Building Ever’ ”–headline, Seattle Times, March 15
Questions Nobody Is Asking
“Are Cosmic Rays Really Causing Toyota’s Woes?”–headline, Detroit Free Press, March 16
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
“PICS: What’s Inside the Zakumi Lucky Packet”–headline, Cape Argus (Cape Town, South Africa), March 16
Look Out Below!
“Army Drops Bayonets, Busts Abs in Training Revamp”–headline, Associated Press, March 16
It’s Always in the Last Place You Look
- “Thumb of Missing Man Feared Kidnapped Is Found in Street”–headline, Daily Mail (London), March 15
- “Tongue, Steak, Chops Found in Man’s Pants”–headline, Cairns (Australia) Post, March 16
- “NASA Finds Shrimp Dinner on Ice Beneath Antarctica”–headline, Associated Press, March 16
Too Much Information
“Bananas Prevent HIV Infection”–headline, Mother Nature Network, March 16
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control
- “U.S. Jogger Killed After Plane Crash-Lands on Top of Him as He Runs on the Beach”–headline, Daily Mail (London), March 16
- “Climate ‘Fix’ Could Poison Sea Life”–headline, BBC Web site, March 16
- “Thieving Baboons Wipe Out S.African Vineyards: Report”–headline, Agence France-Presse, March 15
- “Rich Chinese Communists Channel U.S. Tea Party in Tax Debate”–headline, Bloomberg, March 16
News of the Tautological
- “Shingles Vaccine Is Prevention, Not Treatment”–headline, JewishWorldReview.com, March 16
- “Atheist Bus Ads Desecrated”–headline, Detroit Free Press, March 16
News You Can Use
- “People in Power Make Better Liars, Study Shows”–headline, MSNBC.com, March 15
- “J.D. Hayworth: ‘You Could Marry Your Horse’ ”–headline, Politico.com, March 15
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Redistricting Process Perhaps Not as Boneheaded in U.K. as in U.S.”–headline, FiveThirtyEight.com, March 15
- “Charges and Countercharges of Financial Misdeeds Rile Union’s Leadership”–headline, New York Times, March 16
- “As Climate Change Debate Wages On, Scientists Turn to Hollywood for Help”–headline, Christian Science Monitor, March 15
