Headlines from January 4, 2007

Hefty profile of John McCain, the "palpably, pungently human" presidential hopeful.
Bush wet nurse and former Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers to leave the White House.
The guardians of Britain's historic Tower of London are enlisting girl power for the first time in their 522-year history.
Perhaps tit-for-tat for dumping her on Dutch television last year, Scary Spice wants to prove--on live TV--Eddie Murphy as the father of her baby.
The first of 1,400 frozen embryos rescued from a hospital that flooded during Hurricane Katrina will be delivered this month; the parents refuse to name the child "Katrina."
Another youth hangs herself in reaction to Saddam's execution--only this one was intentional.
"The girl lacks the cognitive capacity to experience any sense of indignity." Parents of disabled girl choose to keep their "Pillow Angel" just like she is.
The Governator wants to offer all California children universal health care--though a slashed education budget could mean they'll never know how to spell "appendectomy."
Wait, wait--15-year-olds in Iran can vote?
Many doctors in Iraq are being targeted by insurgents; the result: increased death rates for babies during delivery.
Ripped on weed, McCartney sees deeply into his then-girlfriend, model Jane Asher, and decides she's a phony. Paul McCartney and Drugs: A Timeline.
Continuing weather madness: Golfers aren't hibernating either, scientists say we're experiencing record heat.
Mike Tyson told cops he smokes cocaine that he packs into Marlboro cigarettes, is unable to roll his own joints, and gets "a little crazy" without the use of the antidepressant Zoloft.
Don't believe your eyes--nobody wears leather pants anymore.
Rad: Thrasher will post an issue from 1981 on its website every month this year.
If you were ever a reader of The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star, Mew essentially sound what ostensibly Schizopolis was supposed to be, only Mew uses guitar.
There's gold in pairing music with restaurants.
Great: Play librarian with this card-catalog card generator.
"They are out to get me." Dialogues with early AI.
Ontario court rules three parents can be listed on a birth certificate.
New Year's welcome from Tennyson.