Headlines from April 14, 2010

Toyota suspends sale of Lexus SUV after Consumer Reports slaps a "do not buy" warning on the vehicle.
What car do you tell people not to buy?
Study finds that since 1980, 40 percent fewer women die from childbirth--with significant reductions in India, China, Brazil, and Egypt.
How Marc Ambinder overcame obesity, the food industry, and evolution through bariatric surgery.
Like the printing press before it, the e-reader furthers, not stunts, the evolution of books.
The history and symbolism of bookplates.
A new blog, Sunday Magazine, posts the articles published in the New York Times Magazine 100 years ago.
Vatican pays tribute to "dissolute and uninhibited" Beatles.
Cuba cedes control of barbershops, beauty salons to employees.
Restaurant franchises hire directors, test Twitter trends to increase social media presence.
Video: David Lynch's favorite movies and filmmakers.
James Yeh reports from the 92Y, where James Wood discusses books he's just read for the first time.
"A DJ's job is to make people dance, not just play music you like." In Lyon, an academy opens to hone DJs' skills.
Language barrier or presidential pressure may have caused Poland's deadly crash.
Tribute to retiring Supreme Court Justice Stevens: a rare, genuinely independent mind.
Collector in chief takes national archives to the blogosphere.
Op: By going to cable, Conan is changing the game, rather than fading away with other late-boomer stars.
Female nerds on TV represent a potentially short-lived feminist triumph.
Little Supremes: Accomplished young lawyers who dream of big chairs.
The scientific way to beat choking (in performance): Contemplate "holistic cue words."
Op: We have to learn how to interrupt our lives with silences, rest-notes, rather than simply with more distractions.
Defense of shyness promotes cunning, countercultural merits, and a lack of boredom.
Today's accessible white paper: "Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State" (and critiques).
Inquiry into the Hitler clip that launched a thousand parodies.
Patrick Carlin: I knew it was going to be a vibes kind of a day when I found a dime and a penny by the gas pump.
Various charts on how we spend.
Instapaper: Sampling "the Full English" breakfast in many forms.