Headlines from September 22, 2010

Obama's pledge to close Gitmo has come up short--officials fear Republican wins could prevent it altogether.
Residents of a Staten Island beach community fight eviction; the land was purchased by the city for a highway never built.
Titanic officer's granddaughter reveals new reasons for the tragedy in her upcoming novel.
Computer model depicts how a strong east wind could have parted the Red Sea.
In Scotland, unemployment hits a 14-year peak; officials pledge support to the poorest families.
In the U.S., Tea Partiers accuse the jobless of not working because unemployment benefits are too good.
For this month's "Of Recent Note," tell us who you wish could tweet from the beyond.
From memory-enhancing potato nutrients to morphine-like milk chemicals, the brain treats food as just another drug.
Scientists and developers fight over the fate of a Russian seed bank whose genes may not be duplicated elsewhere.
Interview with alien-obsessed chess champion and Russian politician Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
Researchers isolate a "Homer Simpson gene" that makes people dumber.
How a lawyer squatted for seven months in an abandoned office suite in the Empire State Building.
Snippets from Woodward's forthcoming Obama book, in which nothing about Afghanistan looks good.
Iran romances Caucasian neighbors to prevent U.S. and other countries from getting too chummy, too close.
Paris offers carbonated-water fountains.
City drawings by Chris Dent.
Op: As it celebrates its 200th anniversary, Mexico is colonized by organized crime.
Nigeria's cheap, community-focused movies make Nollywood the world's second-largest film industry.
Long read: Oral history of Goodfellas.
Explanation of the neuroscience behind accent discrimination.
Carrots and sticks exchanged between trapped Chilean miners and psychologists assigned to manage their moods.
Information theory applied to brain science in order to build a "consciousness meter."
Faces from the last season of Oprah.
Profiles of American mega-meals, e.g., Cheesecake Factory's pasta carbonara with 85 grams of saturated fat.
Three times as many animals are killed today for their flesh as when Peter Singer wrote Animal Liberation (1975).
Fascinating profile of today's Reeperbahn, where the Beatles began.
Comparison of Cold War espionage, where the U.S. adored technology while the East Bloc relied on craft.
Videos: Finalists for the first Vimeo awards.
Story of Wyndham Lewis, Canadian writer famous for his anti-Canadian novels.
From the attic: Jonathan Bell on how Americans can sniff out Canadians.
Raymond Carver mad-libs.