Headlines from March 10, 2015

Towelette that washed up in Western Australia being tested to see if it came from lost flight MH370.
Utah reinstates firing squad as backup to lethal injection.
Lebanese TV host pulls the plug on a sexist Islamic scholar after he tells her to “shut up.”
Review of the most controversial moments from Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson.
Do you know who Key and Peele are? FBI goofs references at Tsarnaev trial.
US child marriage laws more similar to those of Niger and Bolivia than they are to other Western, industrialized countries.
Indonesian sportswear company prints cleaning instructions on its shirts: “Give this jersey to your woman. It’s her job.”
Alexander McQueen and John Galliano: Two butterflies, one wheel.
Polar opposites—bell hooks and John Perry Barlow—talk about fear, faith, New York, and Wyoming.
If you sustained an injury, I’d call Tim Riggins and he’d carry you to the hospital. Approved catcalls.
Today on TMN: Brief updates to important news stories that have been forgotten by the front pages.
Predictive analytic policing is cast as dispassionate, but even algorithms are political. #longreads
Haiku writers make $200-$250 an hour composing poetry for corporate clients.
Louisiana has spent $14 million on the death penalty cases of five men accused of killing a prison guard in 1999.
Verdict against “Blurred Lines” sets a bad precedent and may have a chilling effect on other artists. #opinions
Due to a legal loophole, drugs like mushrooms and ketamine are legal in Ireland until midnight on Thursday.
See also: Brief walking tour of the Dark Web.
“Driverless snowmobile causes hazard on Newfoundland highway.”
Today in the Tournament of Books: Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See v. Lars Iyer’s Wittgenstein Jr. #tob15
US calls Venezuela a national security threat and sanctions top officials.
Isaac Herzog emerging as genuine threat to Netanyahu in Israel’s March 17 elections.
Bill Clinton’s portraitist reveals that he worked some of Lewinsky’s stained dress into the official portrait.
See also: George W. Bush’s official painter on the president’s awareness of his troublesome mouth.
Pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels pause for an International Women’s Day beauty pageant. #photography
Separatists say Texas never joined the United States.
Psychiatrists split on whether social media was causal or coincidental in a bizarre case of filicide.
If Jesus were here, he’d probably be working with pedophiles, because they’re today’s lepers.
“Love drug” Oxytocin may present other benefits, like appetite control.
McDonald’s struggles to find its soul in a Chipotle world—keeping its core customers while targeting the affluent market.
A tour of consumer electronics’ mediocre middle, where whiz-bang features are watered down.
John Oliver explains why Daylight Savings Time (a remnant of WWI) still exists (it shouldn’t). #video
Today on TMN: Ravenous wolves take on Jamaican drug lords. #tob15
The tangled dance of black American authors evading, and sometimes courting, the watchful eyes of the FBI.
Reporter grapples with challenge after being told he can ask the president just one question.
More than a billion teens and young adults are at risk for hearing loss from listening to music at unsafe levels.
Primary benefit of Apple’s new watch may be that it saves you time. #opinions
Related: EBay overrun with plastic bags purportedly full of air from Kanye West concerts.