Headlines from November 14, 2011

At a military funeral, comrades talk about proper preparation of last wills and testaments.
War seldom ever leads to good results. Reporter war-games an Israeli strike on Iran and things get ugly.
Six million people die each year from smoking—more than from AIDS, malaria, and traffic accidents combined.
Soon China will be where manufacturers look for cues—a place we visit to go shopping.
Excerpt from a book about bad Wikipedia edits.
Big market; product market fit; usability. Answers to “Why is U2 so popular?”
Brian Eno on the difference between architects and gardeners, and how he sees himself and other composers as the latter.
Haruki Murakami explains the novel-writing lessons he learned from jazz.
R. Crumb on rejecting The New Yorker after they rejected his cover.
What brings Mr. Epstein here? Story of the evening Brian Epstein met the Beatles.
Artist prints out and installs every public photo posted on Flickr in 24 hours.
Cellist loses memory, but is able to learn more music.
Story of the man who loved buffalo, longed to find them in the wild, finally found one, and killed it.
YouTube analysis reveals dogs chasing their tails a widespread and funny sign of pathological behavior.
Rate of increase in new HIV cases in Greece predicted to rise to 60 percent by the end of 2011.
Dallas Symphony, going Euro, to be bankrupt within 90 days.
France demands to know why S&P sent out an (erroneous) email downgrading its credit rating.
Romans spontaneously cheer Berlusconi’s downfall with the hallelujah chorus from the “Messiah.”
Norway’s mass killer makes his first appearance in open court.
Chart shows billions of dollars in uncashed travelers checks over time.
Q&A with the minister and author overseeing Britain’s restructuring of university tuition fees.
One in six British mobile phones is contaminated with fecal matter.
Slideshow from the aircraft-carrier UNC-Michigan State game that Obama watched from center court.
“The Saddest Sad Faces Of Sad Penn State Bros.”
Journalism trend we could all do, well, without: the phony gulp.
Profile of Hunter Moore, man behind the posting and identifying of nude pictures on “Is Anyone Up?”
How and why a black-and-white silent French film is working its way onto Oscars short lists.
Top on brewers’ wish list: Please stop drinking beer from growlers.
No liquids at all so you dry out. Pre-show diet of Victoria’s Secret models.
Jane Kramer follows the foodie trend of foraging with Denmark’s René Redzepi.
Terrific column on the value of provenance in food and food marketing.
Inmate sues over soy in prison food.
The Thanksgiving meal should really be turkey with pesto—homegrown vanity and courage served with a pluralist topping.