Headlines from September 18, 2007

Iraq vows to prosecute Blackwater employees, though it's unclear whether they have the right to do so.
White House to veto extension of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, getting the government out of the insurance business.
Musharraf promises to step down as Pakistan's commander-in-chief if re-elected president.
Related: If the Supreme Court doesn't let him run, will Mrs. Musharraf step in?
Buddhist monks march against Burmese government, get a face full of tear gas.
Winning shots from the Guardian's landscape photographer of the year awards.
Bank runs are so 1930s.
Citing that Googlers are getting scared off, New York Times drops TimesSelect--free Maureen Dowd for all!
"Is anyone on Fort Campbell not pregnant?" Longer deployments cause military baby boom.
German soccer team building stadium-side cemetery for diehard fans.
The problem with mind-controlled video games? If someday it starts to work in reverse.
Great news: How a high-fat diet can fight cancer.
In this month's Of Recent Note, TMN writers show you their closet's greatest hits.
Man fined $75 per bird for driving through a flock of seagulls.
Bush picks Michael Mukasey to replace Gonzales, and he appears to be a shoo-in--for now.
Except: He promoted the truly awful idea of a separate national security court that would try suspected terrorists.
Except except: He suggested staffing those courts with "independent, life-tenured judges."
Marc Ecko buys Bonds's record-breaking ball, lets public decide whether to send it to Cooperstown (with an asterisk) or shoot it into space. (Vote here.)
Clinton presents her long-awaited revamped health plan--one that's better designed and more negotiation-friendly.
Everybody reacts to the Clinton plan--your father is probably quoted somewhere in here as well.
Graphic: Comparing the difference between candidates' health plans.
A lot of interests were at stake when a 36-year-old woman received gene therapy; after she died, they're all pointing fingers.
Mysterious illness hits Peruvian village right after a meteorite does.
Man declared dead at scene of highway accident, wakes up during autopsy.
World's oldest man turns 112, says he wants to live forever.
When worn on escalators, Crocs prove dangerous to children's toenails.
If you want a slice of life, why not see the loaf? Anthony Lane on the nauseating, persuasive allure of Leica.
Video: Wes Anderson's AT&T commercials.