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Headlines from October 9, 2008

I.M.F. report confirms global recession is on the way, worst since Great Depression.
Iceland suspends trading of kroner, at risk of "national bankruptcy"--for once, worse off than we are.

Children's books about financial ruin; brokers with hands on their faces.

Tens of thousands of eligible voters have been illegally removed from the rolls in six swing states.
McCain addresses crowd as "my fellow prisoners," rolls with it.
Op: Washington is in need of expertise, management experience, and long-term thinking, whether or not from Main St.
The fact-checking fad? Opinion journalism disguised as straight reporting.
We will rise or fall on that journey as one nation, as one people. As McCain continues slinging mud, Obama finds his voice on the economy.
Economist's tips on picking ethnic restaurants.
Why the war on terror is Pakistan's war, too, and why Pakistan hasn't sold it to its people.
France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio wins Nobel for literature.
Herzog to receive International Documentary Association's 2008 "Career Achievement Honour."
Today in my underpants I find a hundred dollar bill. Herzog's diary.
How to write memoes via toast.
Print for the commute: Why we can't imagine death.
The state of the war in Iraq: drawing to a close, but no end in sight.
And at the rate that the financial system is collapsing, even three months is an eternity. In the interregnum between election, inauguration, Bush could end on a high note.
Will: The surge won the war, ending McCain's relevance to voters.
Collins: If we're playing guilt-by-association, my past run-ins with Lieberman, Dohrn, Keating make me feel pretty guilty.
At Lauri's Veeps, a new portrait and bio of a vice president, every day until Election Day.
Overall American satisfaction at a 25-year low.
Science examines biological decline in evolution, may agree with those convinced of the social, moral downturn.
Memo to Palin, Bill Clinton: Teen pregnancy isn't inevitable; it's the atmosphere of secret sex that's the problem.
In some cases, DNA will be able to predict your surname to almost 70% likelihood.
Today's long read: Not just biological entities, forests have social lives--people live there, globalization can work there.
Sixteen plants that can kill you.
For the future of New York, look to Venice; the former financial capital is now a tourist destination.
"OK, now we are a tourist attraction." Besson, Travolta attempt regeneration in infamous Parisian suburbs by shooting film, paying locals.
Video: Wasilla Council meeting minutes: a dramatic reading.