Headlines from August 23, 2007

As is common practice on risky projects, demolition work at ground zero is being carried out by a shell corporation.
Pakistani Supreme Court allows former PM, exiled in 2000, to return to the homeland.
White House takes Office of Administration off list of bodies covered by Freedom of Information Act, but forgets to update the website.
Albanian blood feuds have a 21st-century resurgence, making the Hatfields and McCoys look positively weak.
Denmark pays ransom for release of hostages on Somali pirate ship.
Helsinki's Hotel Katajanokka offers a Best Western feel in a former prison.
Faced with declining circulation, National Geographic predicts redheads will be extinct by 2060.
America is so very, very alone when it comes to measurement.
Unsatisfied with "Tomcruise," "Charlie," or "God," Thai Minister of Culture longs for "the simple and often more pastoral nicknames of yore."
YouTube to introduce ads, citing survey claiming viewers love them--though the test ad was The Simpsons trailer.
Because toy recalls aren't always front-page news, yard sales and eBay are still selling dangerous fun.
If there was a MySpace for spooks, you certainly wouldn't know about it.
Angry op-ed leads to a comprehensive list of "blogging done well."
American Idol for the literate.
In veterans speech, Bush connects Iraq to Vietnam--this time we can win it, see?
More and more of the electricity grid in Iraq is being seized by armed militias.
Pre-treating posttraumatic stress.
Texas executes its 400th inmate since reinstating capital punishment in 1982.
Wives and their wrongfully convicted husbands, after 30 years of weekly visits.
Thousands of heart-attack deaths blamed on long-term exposure to noise.
Woman who moved from Queens to Arizona in a cab earlier this year dies at 75.
Study shows many couples stay sexually active into their 80s; photo shows senior crotch shot.
Not related: "Sales soar for morning-after pill."
Since James Brown's death last December, a dozen people have asked for DNA tests to find out if he's their father--three have come back positive.
French magazine airbrushes Sarkozy's love handles (his poignees d'amour).
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Bullfighting, once a part of Spain's national identity, is now banned from a popular TV network.
When all else fails, blame global warming on the moose population.