Headlines from February 25, 2009

Bernanke says recession will last another year if all goes according to plan.
Home prices post biggest drop in 21 years.
Wall Street Journal account of U.S.-Citigroup relationship chock full of details and intrigue.
Interactive comparison of Obama's economic proposals compared to other presidents'.
There is no one who can replace America. Without American leadership, there is no leadership.
Brooks: Jindal's response to Obama speech was "insane."
For all the bullying bluster of conservative talk-show hosts, their essential attitude is one of apology and submission.
Palin settles ethics claim, agrees to compensate Alaska for children's travel expenses in 2008.
Emily Badger hated Palin's cheap shot about paying taxes, and then she got audited.
British and American cover art for Rooster books compared (see also: in New York, French and American writers meet).
Notes on how the arts could play as big a role as basketball for the new administration.
Forty-three years later, New Yorker films shuts down.
Instapaper for the commute: 1957 Truman Capote interview with Marlon Brando.
What it's like to film endangered languages (with fascinating sound clips).
The brain science of gambling in casinos and on Wall Street.
It had all the trappings of a State of the Union address but since technically it was not, President Obama did not have to utter those traditional words: "The state of our union is strong."
Replacing a $278 million climate change monitoring satellite could be quick--if the money is there.
How to shoot down a helicopter with a handgun.
Field research shows the economic downturn is cramping the sex lives of the once-successful.
Tales of encounters gone wrong, wrong, wrong: I Bang the Worst Dudes (Sorry, Mom).
How bottling and selling New York City tap water finally became a business.
The New York City buildings that weren't--or weren't as tall as intended--because of the Great Depression.
Procrastination reveals the things at which we are most gifted--the things we truly want to do. Lessons from da Vinci
Movies and videogames in reverse.
The fun is in considering how awesome people thought they were, despite all that was missing. How the web has changed since 1996.
Three hundred years after he left the island, scientists are piecing together the life of the real Robinson Crusoe.
In the race to preserve dying languages, studying outliers helps us preserve and give prestige to dying people.
I used to manage a band called The Format. They ceased to exist one year ago today.