Headlines from February 1, 2007

Apparently, anything can be mistaken for a bomb these days.
Times publishes photos of sergeant's death in Baghdad--but neglects to inform his family first.
Scientists convene to produce international report on the factors behind global warming; U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Green Building Council have cities across the country working toward civic eco-friendliness.
In NPR interview, Bush reveals Cheney to be a "half-glass-full" kind of guy.
Excerpts from Bush's meeting with the Wall Street Journal's editorial board.
In this beleaguered city of 1.2 million outside Mexico City, 1,200 police officers are reading Bertolt Brecht and Raymond Carver and carrying around poetry anthologies, all in an effort to become more "enlightened."
Penguin plans wiki-novel, A Million Penguins.
Tranquilize the kids: The new Harry Potter book hits shelves July 21; control yourself: Potter's dropped trou.
"It will make the mud tired. We're killing the mud softly." Geophysicists try to plug an Indonesian volcano.
TV-viewing doctor calls in suspicious lump on Irish Foreign Minister's face.
Oh, Guinness, do you really want to be encouraging that?
"Many people did not care for Pat Buchanan's speech; it probably sounded better in the original German." And more gems from Molly Ivins.
The Texas Observer posts a loving tribute to Ms. I.
Many are concerned Boston police can't tell the difference between an IED and a Lite Brite; "fake pipe bombs found not part of marketing stunt."
U.S. officials fear a new front in the Iraq war may be brewing in oil-rich Kirkuk, where al Qaeda fighters have been identified and violence is on the rise.
In Iraq, Sadr's militia has been ordered to steer clear of confrontations with American troops.
"It makes no more sense to see today's radical Islamism as an inevitable outgrowth of Islam than to see fascism as the culmination of centuries of European Christianity." Francis Fukuyama on identity politics.
Mainland Chinese women would rather go to Hong Kong to deliver their babies; Hong Kong women would rather they didn't.
A photo of Mexico's 14 lb., 8 oz. baby Antonio, who "drinks prodigious amounts of milk."
The cost of becoming a U.S. citizen is likely to almost double, according to immigration authorities.
Sarah Hepola: "The Hills is like a horror movie, where people are forever hearing a rumble in the basement and going to investigate. Except instead of getting their intestines sliced open, they wind up dating Jason."
Florida woman alleges she found a razor blade in her McMuffin.
It is incredible that such [an] ogre full of hatred and egoism as this untalented bad musician did now release a remix of the Beatles music titling it "Love." Not a fan of Paul McCartney.