Headlines from August 2, 2007

Minneapolis bridge collapse rescue efforts begin after officials assess the area as safe enough for workers.
Probe finds DoJ head aware as early as 2003 of Chiquita's payments to Colombian paramilitary groups.
Canada displeased, U.S. silent as Russia claims the North Pole.
If Giuliani becomes the Republican nominee, it's not because of Fox News; it's because of Fox News' owner.
Graphic: A comparison of candidate face time across the networks.
Bulgaria excuses $57 million of Libyan debt, donating the amount to improve regional medical care.
Ever wanted to fly? A commercial pilot shortage makes it easier than ever.
I am the university of friendship, the college of sisterly love, the school for the better making of women. Faulkner writes a sorority pledge.
Story of last week's nursing home "cat of death" deconstructed, partially reconstructed.
Email visualized as terrifying microbes. (Video.)
Nothing brightens up a Thursday afternoon like re-visiting the Great Circumcision Debate.
Vegetative man speaking again after six years and the installation of a brain pacemaker.
Women not honoring their "iPledges" to avoid pregnancy while taking Accutane acne medication.
OvoControl P: the hot new pigeon contraceptive.
Rescuers search for dead after Minneapolis bridge collapses during rush hour.
Senate may end era of secret chokeholds, Mae West holds, rotating holds, and other legislative wrestling moves.
Robert Mugabe has finally achieved complete economic control, ending Zimbabwe's economy.
Africa's oil-poor countries may want to count their blessings--at least agriculture is sustainable.
Doctor recounts torture after eight years in Libya jail during which he "only tried to forget."
Can a mosque be sexy?
Today's long read: History students may not know much, but perhaps that's because the professors are culture-ignorant clones.
Smart people either less interested or less intelligent when it comes to having sex, and the geeks have something to say about it.
New Ohio abortion legislation put simply: no father, no abortion.
Op: To fix the health-care system, perhaps it's time we paid our doctors less, or at least put them on a salary.
One hopes Laura Albert saved some of the fraud money, now that "JT LeRoy" must pay $350,000 in legal fees.
Mr. Antonioni and Mr. Bergman, for their parts, were the supreme modernists of world cinema.
What happens at four-star restaurants when rich patrons drink too much and want to strip; map of all-you-can-eat restaurants in Paris.
Tacoma's super criminals thwarted by four-star music. Also: Two men traveling around the world in tuxedos.
"Amazing things" you yourself can do as an "amateur traffic dynamicist."