Headlines from September 16, 2008

Putin, judo black-belt, accepts Sarkozy as pupil.
Sarkozy combats global piracy with French troops.
Ever since World War II, the United States has tended to make its strategic missteps by exaggerating dangers.
Astronomers find dark matter "bridge to nowhere" stretching across 14 galaxies.
Print for the commute: The peculiar political climate of Alaska.
Top 13 polar vehicles from the Antarctic.
Can you really see Russia from Alaska? Yes, but only the boring parts.
Caricaturists share their methods for drawing the V.P. Candidates.
What it's like a fly-fish with Cheney.
Is pornography adultery? Can embracing online porn save marriages?
It appears that financial institutions earn money on transactions and lose everything taking risks they don't understand.
Notes on recent discoveries in neuroaesthetics towards providing a unified biocultural theory of art.
New favorite blog: Bill Bishop's "The Big Sort," on breaking down voting patterns.
When you have a moment: Neanderthals, revealed.
McCain '07: I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time.
The Truth-O-Meter follows the candidates' claims, backing up and debunking where necessary.
Op: Since nobody seems to have noticed, 20 million Americans are going to lose employment-based health coverage under McCain.
Palin will not cooperate with "tainted" probe into the firing of her public safety commissioner in Alaska.
Op: Messianic U.S foreign policy created a clash of civilizations--Palin would help remake that mistake.
Clashes continue outside ceremony to mark formation of Zimbabwe's unity government.
This scenario is fictional and used to emphasize contextual challenges posed by emerging media environments. The Pentagon discovers World of Warcraft
After a year of corruption, distrust, and a war that has killed 2,700, Mexican police have renewed hope with new technology, leadership.
Indian judges are convicting suspects based on brain-scan interrogations--few lend credence to the untested technology.
Reporters say things like "You won't believe what I'm seeing!" and then they don't describe what they are seeing for the listeners. Hunkering down in post-Ike Houston.
Video: Asking 50 New Orleanians one question: "What do you wish would happen before the end of the day?"
David Gilmour pays tribute to his band mate, the late Richard Wright.
It's the time of the third and fourth rounds, the tournament's meat, the time of trench warfare and polysyllabic names. David Foster Wallace at the 1995 U.S. Open.
Video: Ninja cat comes closer while not moving!