Headlines from March 17, 2008

The spirit of the law should prevent Americans from causing harm to these creatures in other countries. Global warming not the only problem facing polar bears.
Ten concepts of the changing world, including the end of movie stars and geoengineering to start global cooling.
The stunning Encyclopedia of Life; the enormous Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Doerr: By placing humans at the very top of the tree, my high school teacher may have done his students a mild disservice.
Wii video games blamed for rise in effeminate violence.
Today's must-read: John Burns's five-year look at the war in Iraq.
Study finds "corrective rape," games of "rape me, rape me," in South Africa.
Print for the commute: Condi and the/her boys. And/or: Mamet on why he's no longer a "brain-dead liberal."
Robert Birnbaum on the books to read, with recommendations filed this week by George Saunders.
Today in the Rooster, Ze Frank gets bloody fingers digging in the guts of Ian McEwan and Tom McCarthy.
ABBA drummer's body found at his home in Mallorca; deciding the next non-star to hand out Walk of Fame trophies.
Two clubs that sound full of stars.
Video: Andy Roddick responds to questions about his love life as a star with "little pretty kitty girls."
McCain visits Baghdad, fanfare absent.
Photos from five years in Iraq; Iraq by the numbers.
"You look for big eyes, long lashes and a long neck." Saudis master the art of camel judging.
Until midnight tonight, Sirius Radio's 24-hour Eliot Spitzer scandal channel will be broadcasting live.
If something seems familiar, you must have heard it before, and if you've heard it before, it must be true. Why we believe rumors on the web.
Qatar gets its first Catholic church, part of a planned five-church complex.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a traditional Irish breakfast, feel full for the next three days.
Virginia refunds fines to bad drivers; California student stops a runaway school bus, gets detention.
As sales of print encyclopedias dwindle, publishers make the big push online, ready to fight the other -pedia.
We learn how to read the Koran at the mosque, but we learn everything else from her. Germany's Islamic education system provides more than just religious translation.
Building their new space robot, astronauts resort to advanced "whack with big iron bar" technique.
Photos: D.C.'s makeshift street shrines; Mexican superhero workers; the world's dirtiest cities.
I jump in with both feet and sometimes live to regret my decision. Confessions of a car salesman.