Headlines from March 5, 2008

Prepare to be shocked: Soldier can "worship Dave Eggers" and still "soften up" prisoners in Iraq.
Discussion of Colombia's raid against FARC this weekend in Venezuela and Ecuador.
Many Venezuelans shocked to learn Chávez recently gave FARC $300 million.
Medvedev won in part because some potential candidates were jailed and because none were allowed a true campaign. Kiem on Russia's unmentioned election.
Tehran weighs internet shutdown during general legislative election.
"A Beginner's Guide to Muslim Bioethics."
Op: Despite Republicans stepping back from the abyss, the next Senate will be more, not less Democratic.
Like it or not, it's three a.m. and it's a foreign policy election.
Reports from inside the Clinton campaign's press room last night, equipped with urinals.
Experience doesn't always help, at least not in the case of nurses saving lives.
Why Italians grab their crotches to ward off bad omens.
Chabon: On the style matters of superhero unitards.
Erik Bryan's monthly leak list--new singles available for download in the blogosphere--in today's Mp3 Digest.
Brits look back at a year of 24-hour alcohol sales, and find mixed results.
The Plaid Voyeurism Project, hunting that infrequently less rare of animals--buffalo plaid.
Big wins for Clinton in Texas, Ohio still mean more delegates for Obama--some express concern he can't take a swing state.
Going negative kept Clinton's campaign alive; by November, that attitude may wear thin, or it may energize.
Three bodyless, sneakered feet wash up on B.C. shore, authorities, locals theorize their origin.
Spain's shifting family values: the iffiness of a Catholic monarchy with a Socialist president.
Ian Paisley, leader of Northern Ireland, steps down, shares thoughts on line dancing.
Starbucks barista gives a customer in need one of her kidneys.
Photos: "Dinner in the Sky," where you don't want to drop your fork.
Video: Coolio prepares spinach your kids will eat, salad your lady will love.
For your consideration: 25 animated films under five minutes.
"It's very upsetting to us because we spent so much time with this person and we felt such sympathy for her." Love and Consequences, more fiction posing as memoir.
Op: Why don't these authors just write novels?
U.N. report claims celebrities' cocaine use encourages others, blames courts for lenience.
Israeli professor suggests Moses was high on hallucinogens when he received the Ten Commandments.
Video: The making of the HBO opening sequence from the '80s.