Headlines from April 28, 2008

Los Angeles Times goes to the ground for reporting on Tijuana's Sunday bloodbath.
Mexican drug cartel posts want ads for hitmen.
Mahmoud not pleased with his prostitute-loving police chief as vice scandal rattles Tehran.
The way in which the London mayoral race has descended into sheer spectacle seems like a colossal waste.
Post murder case, Sweden warns young women to avoid Paris at night.
Reverse prostitution as thousands of Africans are paid to avoid unsafe sex.
Colson Whitehead on what it's like to be The Guy Who's Where He Is Only Because He's Black.
The presidential job description--what do they do, exactly?--and how past position-holders have handled it.
Print for the commute: David Sedaris on quitting smoking.
How does Miller attack Anheuser? With an investigative journalism beer blog.
The new genre of photography: Flickr style.
The history of New York City as depicted in video games.
There's this hunger to understand the universe in a way that doesn't you make you feel inadequate. Q&A with Brian Greene about his new World Science Festival.
Less science, more fun: Sneezing and counting.
All fun and mad decorating in today's TMN Gallery with Anne Hardy.
Birnbaum on the week in books, with picks from novelist Joan Frank.
Times says Obama is retooling his campaign, but it isn't exactly sure how, aside from basketball and church-going.
Past seven states to hold primaries registered more than one million new Democrats.
Widespread retribution against the opposition--and aid groups--found in Zimbabwe.
German-U.S. agreement to share suspected terrorist information includes data on--oh, yes--their sex lives.
He had chosen to stop cursing and drinking--and that, in the Marines' testosterone-stoked world, suggested weakness.
In response to Esquire's feature, 25 things women ought to be doing.
What BlackBerry's doing about all this iPhone nonsense.
The price of gas makes company-organized transit look really good, even if you don't work for Google.
Choir director Rocky Twyman hosts a pray-in for gas prices; in his spare time, he holds bone marrow drives.
John Paul II had a clear relationship with the mysterious monk Padre Pio; what's Benedict's status?
Paean to trees still present in urban spaces.
Madeleine McCann's parents, still official suspects, will add to the number of books written on the disappearance case.
It's not just wine: Swiss bakery prohibited from using the name of its town, Champagne.
Audio: Nation's last themeless restaurant closes for good.