Headlines from August 9, 2007

Leaning in the direction of "free and fair elections," President Musharraf decides against declaring nationwide state of emergency.
Thousands of Shiite pilgrims gather in Baghdad with "only a few signs of the violent attacks and stampedes that have marked previous celebrations."
National Transportation Safety Board eyes a 40-year-old gusset plate design flaw as cause for Minneapolis bridge collapse.
Russian air force renews Cold War tradition of crossing the Pacific to "'exchange smiles'" with terrified American pilots.
Hate your job? Not as much as hospital laundry workers, grocery baggers, and pedicurists.
Barry Bond's record-breaking home run baseball may transfer a $210,000 tax burden to the lucky fan who caught it.
Related: Where are other famous balls now?
A creditor flaps its wings in Kansas, and, across the globe, French stocks fall.
Likewise, a home-seller in Arkansas fluffs their pillows, and Europe follows suit.
Netherlands weighs banning "magic mushrooms" after one too many bad trips.
In today's feature, Michael Erard opens the kimono on, uh, ums.
With obvious visions of Getty-dom, couple behind the Gap plans San Francisco art museum.
David Beckham's ankle approximately 2,000 times more famous than yours.
Newest exoplanet approximately 20 times larger--and squishier--than ours.
Brooklyn's first tornado in 118 years sweeps through the borough, shutting down subways, increasing misery.
Drills now reaching within a few hundred feet of trapped Utah miners.
Concerned over the high number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, British commander asks American Special Forces to leave.
States continue to one-up each other's primaries--expect Election Day late next week.
If you see the elder Bush at a restaurant, and you walk up and tell him you don't like his son, you cause him pain.
"Ain't a day goes by when I don't think about killing myself." Meeting the residents at a Katrina trailer park.
Johnson & Johnson files suit against the American Red Cross over commercial use of symbol.
D.C. demographic shifts, as minorities move to traditionally non-immigrant suburbs; no action is planned.
Bank survey reports Mexican immigrants are saving more, sending less back home.
Reasons why blacks and Latinos haven't formed an alliance, no matter what Barack Obama says.
Worker in lab at the hub of U.K. foot and mouth outbreak contracts legionnaires' disease.
Attention designers! We're looking for a design intern--send in a link to your portfolio by tomorrow evening.
Twenty-seven aquatic lifeforms you never caught while fishing.
Couple who weren't allowed to name their son 4Real choose a new moniker: Superman.