Headlines from February 28, 2011

E.U. agrees to sanctions against Libya; France wants to lead charge to redeem foreign policy credentials.

I have done nothing illegal, nothing wrong. French foreign minister resigns over questionable ties to Tunisian business interests.
Three hundred arrested in wake of Iraq's "Day of Rage," aimed at reform, not revolution.
Tunisia's interim prime minister, longtime ally of deposed leader Ben Ali, forced from office.
Jeremy Bernard becomes first man to fill role of White House social secretary.
Intern hero of Tucson shooting gives second-by-second account.
Chart: Child brides in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Simultaneous sign language at science conference already difficult without "epidural electrocorticography."
Amazon's Kindle predicted to be given away free by November 2011.
In awe of the Pilot Precise V5 rolling-ball extra-fine pen--"classy but not rich."
Like all great cops, Sergeant Martinez is a sneaky fucker. He's also a master of inflection and narrative voice. Art of writing great police reports.
The rooster crows in one week; before then, get a free ToB notebook with any purchase from Field Notes (coupon code: Rooster).
Airplane wings, Radio Shack catalogs, and small town noir now available in the Museum of Online Museums.
Michael Albo investigates curious culture of porn studio "mopes"--"movie-extra subspecies often tinged with maladjustment."
See also: GQ's quickly available Charlie Sheen profile.
See also: GQ oldie but goodie: Crime novelist James Ellroy investigates his mother's murder.
Will the terrorist network shrivel slowly to irrelevance? Or will it find a way to exploit the chaos? What now for al Qaeda?
U.K., Germany running secret, unauthorized evacuations of citizens by air from Libyan desert.
Gadhafi's infamous Ukrainian nurse-friend, described by the State Dept. as a "voluptuous blonde," appears to have returned home.
When Homeland Security constructed a barrier near the Mexican border, some Texas landowners were left on the other side.
Further north, in the "colonias" of South Texas, thousands live in homes without electricity or running water.
Reed College wants to shut down a fake school's website--which clones Reed's site.
Researchers stroke a plastic limb with a brush, convince patients they have three arms.
The internet age has created a new, more consequential spin on the old disease of faking sickness to get attention.
McDonald's introduces a bowl of oatmeal with more sugar than a Snicker's and calories just shy of a cheeseburger.
"If it's good enough for our kids, it's good enough to use in our ice cream." London store sells out of breast-milk ice cream.
See a treeless Brooklyn at "What Was There," which overlays old photos on Google Street View.
ToB fans: Send your bracket selections to "Hungry Like the Woolf" for your chance to win books.
Encountering a pack of teenage girls on the bus, John Moe braces for their verbal barbs.