Headlines from August 21, 2009

Low turnout for Afghan elections; no official results expected for several weeks.
Over the last two years, the rich are not only not getting richer, they're getting poorer.
The weekend's white paper: The threat of sexual violence during the American Civil War.
Predicting Iran's future in nukes based on appointment tea leaves is like cold-war Kremlin-watching: wishful thinking.
Corollating big-time movie stars and a film's success is "largely a myth," especially this summer.
Flimmakers scuba dive beneath the Hagia Sophia, find possible dungeons, hundreds of submerged graves.
Study finds that, without the sun or moon in the sky, hikers go in circles.
Believed current locations of NASA's "Moon Trees," trees that have been to space and back.
Audio of "The Wandering Soul"; account of migraine typing.
Well-dressed, bilingual man with no identity surfaces in Seattle; Seattle Times readers identify him.
Discussion of how "crimes of difference" are punished in Infinite Jest.
At least 25 schools asked Anheuser-Busch to quit dressing beer cans in school colors.
From Mother Jones, a more holistic, imaginative guide to America's best colleges.
Alphabetical listing of the best food-related websites.
Track-by-track tribute to The Clash's Sandinista Project.
Video: How to make nice pasta and homemade English muffins in a hotel room.
Video proof that "dude" is the most versatile word in the English language.