Headlines from May 7, 2008

Medvedev assumes the Russian throne, arrives alone to his swearing ceremony.
List of "unenviable policy challenges" awaiting Medvedev.
Friedman: Mbeki is second in line for the world's most disgusting leader.
Examining the (surely unlikely) appeal of a May-December McCain-Jindal ticket.
Stephanopoulos: Look for supers to back Obama today; McGovern switches to Obama, believes he's still friends with the Clintons.
I'm the Denzel Washington in Training Day of booking plane tickets online.
Rise in oil prices spells good days for India's camel businesses.
Exactly what an "infinity aquarium" looks like.
Larry Doyle responds to his dog's manufactured memoir.
All the artifice behind Niagara Falls, and all its influence.
The influence of raw milk: full of healthy probiotics or barn-floor sludge?
Your quantum computing crib sheet. (pdf)
Eighty percent of Australians live within 80 miles of the sea; 50 percent of the country's houses sit less than 8 miles from a beach.
Print for the commute: The must-read on human trafficking, the global sex trade, police corruption.
Number of dead and missing in Burma passes 60,000; U.S. boosts aid, Bush digs in at junta.
F.B.I. agents raid agency that protects government whistle-blowers, under accusations the agency was retaliated against their blowing.
Following last month's Supreme Court ruling, executions resume--Georgia is the first out of the gate.
"Absent some sort of miracle on May 31st, it's going to be tough for us." Clinton aides focus on reinstating Fla., Mich. results.
It was fitting that this Democratic election, which has seemed at times designed by Willy Wonka, should head to a close in a flurry of confusion and drama.
Sleeping pill precautions: Do not take with alcohol, hide your car keys, put an alarm on your bedroom door.
Op: Finding no extraterrestrial life would be less depressing than finding the remains of it.
Subcutaneous fat--particularly in the buttocks--may boost metabolism, reduce risk of diabetes.
The notorious, provocative, scandalous filmmakers of our time.
Animals stay dumb in order to preserve the species.
Audio: "Posh" and "progress" together: Beijing can now cross "Zagat guide" off the list.
"He will see it in a way that the majority of people don't see it." Meet Pascal Dangin, who works for everyone, retouching and airbrushing everyone else.
The growing field of corporate espionage--spying on journalists, students, and workers--has been growing for a long time now.