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Headlines from October 16, 2007

China is furious and "resolutely opposed" to the U.S. honoring the Dalai Lama next week with a Congressional Gold Medal.
Op: China's Communist Party has troubles it's increasingly ill-prepared to deal with.
Japan pulls back millions in Burmese aid as death of journalist finally hits home.
The regime has not been able to dent the liveliness of Burma's literary culture.
Homeowners as far north as Long Island are losing insurance over fears of another Katrina.
And in actual Katrina country, states have gotten themselves into a drought like no one's seen in a century.
An undercover FBI agent who went too deep into the mob 15 years ago now stands accused of murder.
"If commanders on the ground are screaming that we need this stuff, we'll get it to them." Massive Silly String shipment makes it to Iraq, though perhaps a few months too late.
Forget CuteOverload.com--new website features stray puppies with a euthanasia countdown clock.
Great white shark: 0; mom with kayak paddle: 1.
"As everyone else gets more and more desperate for [oil], you don't want to have it and be a very, very small, very, very independent country, very, very far from anything else."
In Pasha Malla's India travelogue, Bangalore brings on cafe coffee, French wine dealers, and late nights.
Toddlers with dinosaur obsessions to rue the day the coolest new dinosaur was named Futalognkosaurus dukei.
Slideshow: Vintage computers, from a Neiman Marcus recipe machine to the Apple I.
Arthritis linked to territorial invasion doesn't slow down the Australian cane toad--or should that be the Australian "chazwazza?"
Questions and answers on why the Blackwater scandal won't keep America from outsourcing its war-fighting.
The United States cannot now undo President Bush's strategic gift to Iran. The victor in Iraq? You guessed it.
Richest Americans' share of the national income now the highest it's been since the roaring '20s; congrats, hedge-fund managers.
Op: Assuming pilgrims keep landing, New York's artistic sector will still be more financially vital than Wall Street.

Smithsonian's African American museum, anticipated to cost between $300 and $500 million, starts a little smaller with a website.

Alex Ross on the internet's benefits for the classical-music business and scene.