Headlines from May 6, 2008

Myanmar survivors desperate for aid; aftermath feared more lethal than the storm itself.
All of that stuff that made it possible to live in New York is gone. Sarah Jessica Parker on the end of New York.
There is next to no speculation about Barack Obama’s sexual secrets. This is a seismic shift in racial subtext.
Tips on how to watch returns from Indiana and North Carolina.
Non-musicians may have a hard time with major vs. minor, but they get happy vs. sad.
Psychologists say people believe insurance keeps them safe, appeases the gods.
How the evangelical community adapts to the unworthy aspects of popular culture.
At Hunter College, a PR class puts on a fake blog about a fake bag with real money--from Coach.
A fake 10-year-old's letters to public figures and serial killers, and their replies.
Participants in New York City's Gay Pride Parade have turned down the volume of the music in order to be more accommodating to kids. Signs of the gay baby boom.
Audio/visual guide to coca-growing in Bolivia.
A map of every street in (the 48 states) America.
Graph for all the little parts in how much you spend.
Teens' rap about The Economist less awful than you expect.
Big day here at the White House. Milbank's take on Bush's last days.
Photos of other people's rad parties you missed.
In Myanmar, a cyclone may have left as many as 14,000 dead and one million homeless--and the White House finds a political op.
There are no roads in the region that are functional so access is primarily by boat, but many boats have been destroyed." Aid is available--how will it enter?
U.S. says 3,500 soldiers sent to Iraq for the surge will be leaving soon.
Potentially related: If Gates wants 7,000 troops in Afghanistan, he'll need to take them out of Iraq first.
Puerto Rico's full Olympic membership and its half-in-half-out status as a commonwealth of the U.S. is a subject of conversation for two exceptional reasons.
A federal gas tax holiday may be a gimmick--but at the state level, it would make a big difference.
The trailer park vantage: watching Clinton and Obama drink beers, hang out in factories, talk about shooting guns.
You wore a trucker cap into a truck stop and felt scared. Signs you may be a hipster.
Ten-year-olds are copying Shel Silverstein and winning contests for it; it happened last year, too.
The 50 greatest fake commercials, mainly from SNL.
It's come to this: a social networking site for the dead.
China, Costa Rica, the Netherlands: Who will ban smoking next?
How to get a town to ban plastic bags: Start with the butcher.