Headlines from June 10, 2011

European Union's highest court rules that France failed to protect the Great Hamster of Alsace.
Note: U.S. currently running military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, and Yemen. Regional war, anyone?
Pakistan confirms evidence of al Qaeda figures in military ranks.
Hitchens: Each time the Pakistani leadership got worse, it was handsomely rewarded by the U.S.
BBC's live-updates hub on evolving unrest in Syria.
Fantastic accounting for 28,800 plastic animals adrift after their oceanliner spilled them into the sea.
A German joke is no laughing matter. Americans labeled world's funniest people; Germans world's least funny.
Analysis of lists from centuries-old households becomes powerful tool for historians.
Mafia ritual of men making out captured on camera.
Sicilian mayor sells town's ancient homes for one euro; Peter Gabriel, Anna Wintour among buyers.
Ian Rankin gives up on Radiohead after experiencing alienating customer-service hell.
Two new elements discovered, scientists just looking for a name.
Theories range why Facebook "bimbobots" exist and what their fake profiles are attempting to achieve.
Smart color wheel and guide for the wine label kindgom.
Photos: Dad wore a costume and waved to his 15-year-old son's school bus every day for 170 days.
Continuous mix of every tune from NPR's All Songs Considered since 2001.
Complete history of video games featured on The Simpsons.