Headlines from August 11, 2010

Obama and Democrats see good news in Tuesday's primaries, suggesting 2010 storyline rewrite.
Explanation of the jobs of Obama's advisers.
She told a reporter she could end her husband's career with a single interview. Story of Newt Gingrich's political career, as told by himself and his estranged ex-wife.
Brief summary of the summer in Lebanon and Hezbollah's preemptive spying revelations.
Fifa launches investigation into allegations that North Korea punished soccer players.
Op: Nairobi's Kibera district is a hot spot for slum tourism, and the tours primarily rob residents' dignity.
Forensic psychiatrist explains his 22-point scale of evil.
Maybe we're late to this, but: Shaq poses as a little girl on the web to bust pederasts.
Greil Marcus on fictional memoirs, Van Morrison's short fiction, and being made to cry during hypnosis.
Audio: New Radiolab episode about the science of a world without words.
Scientists--those wacky scientists again--say gas caused Bermuda Triangle's disappearances.
Account of Madden NFL's development and the "widespread belief in a Madden cover curse."
Pictures of people tanning on a beach below low-flying aircraft.
Things you can get for £1 million; top 10 songs that sound exactly the same.
Stop motion video of a comic artist's day compressed into 43 seconds.
With economic recovery slowing, Fed warns of deflation--what's Japanese for "schadenfreude?"
U.S. attorneys say day care workers bribed N.Y. officials, stole millions from child care fund.
In Jamaica, criminals target returning retirees, waiting until their pension checks arrive from abroad.
Steven Slater's last day as a flight attendant inspires others to remember when it was quittin' time.
And here's the meme: Girl quits her job on dry erase board, emails entire office. (hoax update)
"The public was enormously in his corner." In 1947, a fed-up Bronx bus driver took a 1,300-mile detour.
As hats return to the fashion forefront, new doffers unfamiliar with headwear etiquette offend.
See also: Margaret Mason's hat advice for fashionable women.
Misinterpretation of the equal sign may be behind America's poor math performance.
Website lets students bet on themselves to earn money from good grades.
North Korea tries to repay Czech debt with ginseng; Czechs request zinc instead.
How the brain's ability to tell things apart shaped evolution.
Chinese developer plans to rebuild Salvador Dalí's hometown of Cadaqués in Xiamen Bay.