Headlines from March 8, 2011

U.K. and France drafting "contingency" resolution to impose no-fly zone over Libya.
Tunisia dissolves state security apparatus "to overcome the deficiencies noted under the former regime."
Coverage of coverage of anti-Semitism having a moment in the sun.
Profile of Dan Savage, America's most influential advice columnist and ethicist.
Tournament of Books 2011 begins today.
During March, while supplies last, get your ToB notebook free with any Field Notes purchase (coupon code: Rooster).
Our favorite Rooster-inspired event: School Library Journal's Battle of the Books (see also: Rooster invades bookstore).
Dan Rather is nailing stories, covering anything he likes, only no one's watching--and if they were, he wouldn't know about it.
Video: Auto-tune the News nearly overwhelmed by Sheen source material.
Gallup finds most theoretically happy person; Times finds him in person; Alvin Wong finds 15 minutes of fame.
Oral history of The Strokes.
Pic: Way to hold onto your beer.
Story behind and video for very fun interpretative dance brought to Girl Talk.
Video: Kubrick's The Shining screened forwards and backwards simultaneously, superimposed.
How Milton and Dickens inspired The Godfather II--the invention of zooming in narrative.
Canadian priest gets Ph.D. in snowboarding, looking into the experience of "soul-riding."
Related video: Trailer for The Art of Flight.
Obama approves resuming Guantanamo trials, still seeks other venues and means to try terrorists.
Reports of African mercenaries fighting for Gadhafi stoke racial violence against African migrant workers in Libya.
America's incredible military capacity provides a powerful temptation to grasp the sword.
Gates predicts minor troop pullout this summer, but says majority of the troops will stay on in Afghanistan.
Secretary Locke to take over for ambassador to China, who would like to take over as president.
China tells Dalai Lama, No, no, no, you must reincarnate.
Gunless 20-year-old police chief disappears and is fired in Mexican border town; she might be in the U.S.
Mexican teenagers with damaged urethras prove tissue regeneration a go.
David Rees assigned to review America's Next Great Restaurant--providing every reason to read him and no reason to watch the show.
Accounting for Grace Coddington as the creative soul behind modern Vogue's preeminence.
Origins of 12 supermarket chains.
A shot is realized only if its expected value exceeds the continuation value of a possession. More economics on N.B.A. shooting.
Studies on solitude vs. loneliness say "spending time alone, if done right, can be good for us."
Data on day-to-day life of a full-time cartoonist.
Lady Gaga owns all rights to all pictures of her as soon as they are taken, says contract with photographers.
Christchurch, New Zealand, residents share pictures of new toilets.