Headlines from November 10, 2010

For 16 years, a group doctored records, concocted tales of persecution to defraud Holocaust fund of more than $42 million.
"Munchausen by internet," or faking one's illness, is the new trend in virtual deception.
When we self-diagnose, we look for control factors. Sometimes we invent them. Alice Gregory more than reviews Shteyngart.
Op: People invest real money and real relationships into virtual worlds, it's time to have real laws there too.
Kitchen scientist investigates the myth of the unrottable 12-year-old McDonald's hamburger.
Southern California tour guides clash with big-spending Chinese tourists who bring their own escorts.
Lawsuit charges IMG head with changing a bet on the 2007 French Open final after chatting with Federer.
The creation story of the paper bag is full of patent disputes and misattributions.
Disunion: The 1860 election map shows Lincoln's victory--and the lines of secession.
Russian prison to install sunbeds to improve prisoners' health.
Marine researchers discover whales get sunburned too--paler skinned blue whales are especially susceptible.
It never rains in the world of Google Street View but few people live there. Joanne McNeil on Jon Rafman's online people-finding mission.
Related: Photographer Michael Wolf trolls Street View for unpredictable behavior.
Preparing for hurricane Tomas, Haiti's Préval visited more cities in 72 hours than during five years as president.
Pious Indonesian minister blames Michelle Obama for shaking his hand.
France proposes discussing how much Europe should offend China by honoring Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize.
When I make a gunpowder drawing, it's very much like making love. Cai Guo-Qiang says art isn't a tool for social transformation.
Released from detention, Ai Wei Wei wins big with international press.
Long read: Fallows on China and America's different stances on coal's nightmare.
Dialysis is our health-care monster, where Americans pay much more than other nations for much worse care.
Palin fact-checks reporter's fact-checking and gets the fact-checking wrong.
Brain Detectives blog sees journalist embedded with neuroscientists.
Philadelphia's Vidocq Society is a private society that meets for lunch and solves cold-case homicides.
Various Twitter imposters unmasked, found to be middle-aged white men.
Bruce Springsteen, track coach, explains team exercises to concerned parents.
Of course, we can always wait for Houellebecq to get the Nobel. Houellebecq wins Prix Goncourt.
Owen Egerton traces recent American history through horror movies.
Johnathon Williams teaches lessons learned from watching over 60 zombie flicks.