Headlines from January 25, 2011

Postal Service streamlines store closing process, plans to shutter 2,000 locations in two years.
Historian accused of altering date on Lincoln pardon to hours before his assassination.
Reboot, reject, recast: How to stop James Bond from getting old.
Instead of casting, reality TV recruiters troll bars for alpha subjects.
See also: The Omarosa Experiment, Paris Hilton and the American Cannibal.
A study maps the anatomy of a smile to discern its true nature.
The middle right ab bulges handsomely thanks to talk radio. Odenkirk explains his six-pack.
Film editing legend Walter Murch describes how human evolution and optics guarantee 3D's failure.
Today's record-seeking athletes struggle against the hardest obstacle in history: biology.
Americans: What is your state the worst at?
Related: Map of Twitter profanity.
With few controls in place, study approves wearing the same jeans everyday without washing them.
"Taco Bell's definition of 'seasoned beef' does not conform to consumers' reasonable expectation."
What a vegetarian can learn by eating at White Castle for a week: cravings are fleeting.
"Austerity": 1/8 of a shot. 2011 State of the Union Drinking Game.
Biden reports for jury duty.
Summary of the Palestinian document leak (story behind the leak).
It is a good sign they even got to the stage of haggling over which settlements would end up where.
Long read: Current state of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: dead.
Uganda cabinet third largest in the world after North Korea and Kenya, with 71 members.
One in five American divorces now involve Facebook.
"Titrologue"--someone whose news-reading only includes headlines.
Stock market now mainly traded by computers at "lightning speed."
Investors in "small-cap" Chinese companies go blind through dangerous fog for chance to get rich quickly.
U.K. council proposes cost-cutting measure: Use the crematorium to heat the swimming pool next door.
Op: War-wise, Americans like magnificent crusades, not wars where the objective is less than unconditional surrender.
Returning to '99: What it took to get Malick to direct The Thin Red Line.
Cancer doesn't care if we're good or bad. No evidence backs idea that "a fighting spirit" prevents illness or improves recovery.
Critics' picks for best art shows 2009-2010.
Archived mix tapes; mix tape for a dead girl; the ideal pop song is 2:42.
Video: Trailer for Bill Cunningham New York (see also, "Bill on Bill").
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