Headlines from February 7, 2008

Romney halts his campaign, says continuing would make a Clinton or Obama win more likely.
Bleak, frightened atmosphere surrounds Pakistan's elections; violent reactions anticipated.
Stories from expats evacuated from Chad.
Democratic expats: Some of you can still vote (though no longer online) in the Democratic Primary.
"It's tough for this old Razorback to say things like 'Roll, tide roll.'" Translating Huckabee-speak.
Anyone who still includes the www when mentioning a URL is unfit for office.
Notes on diagnosis and treatment for NADD (Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder).
Nerds about walking: Will Self and Spencer Wells discuss migration.
Most popular TV shows in Syria, according to Facebook.
European economics battle between candlemakers, who want protection, and candle buyers, who want Chinese candles.
NIH halts diabetes study after finding that lowering blood sugar may increase risk of death.
Other diabetes research reveals that large breasts--or at least the fat inside them--contribute to development of the disease.
Video: Meter-wide shark head with 17 feet of shark love to follow (see also: "Solar").
White House reopens the torture debate by asserting that waterboarding is legal.
Newly public documents reveal CIA destroyed its interrogation videos at the same time a federal judge sought information about one of the men interrogated.
Breaking down each candidate's cost per delegate--with this kind of spending, it's hard to believe there's a recession.
How do you win California? You get Rob Reiner, is how.
Would it be too much for Americans to have representatives of two "minorities" leading the country? The Clinton-Obama ticket: dream team, or keep dreaming?
Super Tuesday photos: Candids of the candidates; portraits of the voters.
Researchers suggest vaccines could be delivered via tattooing, rather than injection.
From the Novice: "How to Give a Tattoo."
The creator of the artificial heart takes flack for an artificial ad.
If the object is marriage, sex, or companionship, the immediate subject is tennis. From "Sex & Tennis," 1976.
Video: On Soft Focus, Ian Svenonius, formerly of the Nation of Ulysses and the Make-Up, interviews Graham Coxon, formerly of Blur.
It's like a man is in a car and the car is old and the man gets out of the car and rolls the car into the water into a lake. David Lynch on the death of Maharishi.
Reader mail: Replacing "and" with a comma is annoying, unnecessary.
Twenty-five years after it was first released, a remembrance of the video for "Beat It."