Headlines from October 18, 2007

Bush unnerves world by invoking World War III; in confirmation hearings, Gonzales replacement chooses un-racy.
Photos: Bhutto's return to Pakistan after eight years of exile.
House bill forces Democrats to ask whether it's worth dropping transgender movement in order to protect gay rights.
Supreme Court imposes moratorium on lethal injection in Virginia, taking the ban close to nationwide.
Candidates tread lightly over the upcoming holiday season, because no one wants to see political ads next to the candy cane display.
Matthew Pearl wrote a novel about Edgar Allen Poe's mysterious death--and in the process, came up with a new theory.
New FCC plan means your aspirations of local media mogul-dom are that much closer.
Watson--of Watson and Crick fame--finds that old age and a Nobel Prize don't excuse political incorrectness.
Related: More musings on the matter from this side of the pond.
"I pray and believe that in God's timing, and when the Board feels that it is appropriate, I will be back at my post as president." Oral Roberts's head is out the door.
Christian Scientist or not, parents latch onto religious exemptions to avoid vaccinating kids.
Maybe Mona Lisa did have eyebrows--or at least an eyelash.
Former prime minister returns to mobs in Pakistan after eight years in exile.
From the "bully pulpit," Bush says vetoing children's health insurance bill shows he is relevant.
Measuring how fast the candidates talk finds John Edwards, noted drawl-er, pretty durn fast.
In a world of scarce resources, where you could only have one, which would you choose: national health care, or a war on infection? And by what principle?
New evolutionary biology study tests gossip against facts, and you can guess who wins.
We wouldn't be surprised if there is life on this planet. "Second earth" discovered about 20 light years away.
Sasha Frere-Jones on rock's rediscovery of its whiteness about 20 years ago.
Gripping 1979 Lester Bangs story, "The White Noise Supremacists," about racism in rock.
The rock is broken: Sarkozy and his wife are filing for divorce.
In yesterday's feature, Rosecrans Baldwin looks at Sarkozy's divorce in light of "le running," i.e., French exercise habits.
Paris subways halted by country's habit of striking.
Today's long read: The habits of contemporary pirates in Southeast Asia.
The (somewhat dated) reclusive habits of Bill Waterson of Calvin and Hobbes (and how the Journal got him to review the Schulz bio).
Australia gets its speeders to slow down by mocking their penis size.