Headlines from December 14, 2006

Federal judge says attempt to deny habeas corpus to legal immigrants is unconstitutional, but detainees can't sue.
China's sex industry is everywhere but nowhere, except when it's paraded through jeering crowds.
How to turn your home into an anti-museum battleground.
Suppose scientists found a way to give us permanent, blissful, mystical self-transcendence. Five researchers try to find the source of religious experience.
All fear the Islamist kung-fu militia.
Questions and answers about the obscure Brazilian Howling Wolf, who funds his records by pimpering.
Make mine a Didion on Waugh.
Methods for making your own wrapping paper, and also crowd-pleasing gourmet latkes.
Amy Sedaris's recipe for cheese balls, perfect for the holidays.
Fruitcakes reviewed respectfully.
Those treasured playthings that drew blood, chewed digits, took out eyes, and, in one case, actually irradiated.
Video: Flipbook Moleskines.
Mp3 highlights from the Phuj Phactory.
Please note: TMN will be drinking its way through a holiday party this evening and may seem sluggish Friday morning. Thank you.
Somalia's Islamists and Ethiopia, with tacit U.S. approval, prepare for war.
Turk vs. Greek Survivor turns centuries-old belligerence into ratings gold.
With Democrats' grasp of the Senate relying on the thinnest of margins, control of the chamber hinges on Johnson's health.
Op: How did I end up on the cover of this romance novel? By Duncan Larksthrush.
World to be shocked if Dr. Kevorkian doesn't soon do what he does best?
Forrester's claim that your iPod should be locked up is contested, suggested to be less than fascinating.
Starbuck's new marketing strategy asks "Is the coffee cup of human kindness half full or half empty?"
Mayme Agnew Clayton's collection of African-American history seeks a museum.
The street art show you'll only see from today through Sunday, sponsored by the Wooster Collective.
Photographs of cows.
Did the tenor stalk off stage at La Scala because three men made karate chop motions at him?
Walt Disney is cryogenically frozen beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean. Forty best celebrity rumors.
Egg recipes based on contemporary composers.
Calculate the calories and fat in your Chipotle burrito and vow to start eating at McDonald's.