Headlines from August 8, 2007

Five Iraqi ministers boycott cabinet meetings, though hold onto posts.
Baghdad's last eight Jews seemingly unconcerned with their fate, while Argentina's very many Jews worry about theirs.
Military officials strengthen claim the Baghdad Diarist lied; New Republic editors argue otherwise.
First leading the way with Darfur, evangelicals turn to fight global warming.
Op: If you thought Beijing was a bad choice for the Olympics, wait until you hear about Sochi.
The home run king is dead. Long live the home run king.
Quelle horreur! French teen arrested for illegally translating Harry Potter.
Generic drugs making polysyllabilism sexy again.
Hitler's record collection reevaluated, and neat theories about a mad Wagnerian are dashed.
Lily Allen gets her U.S. work visa revoked; Tape recorder in place when Alex Turner and Richard Hawley share pints.
Comic: Gadgets meet depression on Techno Tuesday.
Touring Philip Johnson's "Glass House" with David Byrne.
In today's Gallery, we learn that some people have much better handwriting than others.
Penmanship unimportant to win prizes with TMN's Headlines Pop Quiz!
Woman who packed purse with 10 fudge loafs found flushing cocoa bricks near the scene of the crime.
State-run Harare paper says 7,500 have been arrested for violating price controls in Zimbabwe.
White farmers patrol South Africa's border to stem "human tsunami" of exodus.
Notes on the very real glass ceiling for women seeking to rise in Japan.
The Wire is accurate, street gangs expert says, among other tidbits in a fascinating interview.
Today's big read: Giant study finds all measures of civic health are lowered when people live with diversity.
The gene-environment correlation behind why choosing a community with good schools improves your children's chances.
Straight science over moral squeamishness, or, why morality is hard to like.
Digging into the (highly annoying to physicists) derivation of "the God particle."
Selling fast food to toddlers is a matter of branding, not taste, find researchers.
Jets coach plays Mozart to smarten his players.
DNA evidence frees man from zoo.
How Ghana aims to remain free of "the oil curse" after recent discovery of massive reserves.
Op: Profit-seeking lenders to the poor do not deserve the fate Dante reserved for them.
Holding green celebrities' feet to the fire, celebrating spooks who argue for green defense.
For every dollar Matt Damon was paid in his last three movies, his films returned $29 gross income.
"The New Republic plays many significant roles in American culture, and one of them is to find and to develop writers with whom The New Yorker can eventually staff itself."
(TMN editors mutter similar things about other publications.)
Develop us, develop you: TMN seeks a design intern for work, beer, fun.