* Iraqi politics won over the reality of fragile security, surprising U.S. military negotiators who didn't expect withdrawal. * Clinton warns Iran that Iraq remains close ally; robust U.S. presence in the region will remain. * Ackerman: Iraq War isn't over—5,500 mercenaries will remain to
* Consultancies help celebrities refuse money from "people who have done terrible things.” * Rice on her video serenade from Gadhafi. * Indian professionals attempt life on 100 rupees a day. * Where to live if you want to own a tiger, a wolf, a bear, etc. * Unabomber's belongings nicely anticipated
* Obit for Gadhafi includes notes on his entourage: 400 guards; a mobile hospital; $6 million in cash. * Burial for Gadhafi delayed for investigation into still-mysterious circumstances of his death. * Occupy Wall Street's populism now twice as popular as the Tea Party. * Libertarian conclusions can be reached without
* Former Libyan leader Gadhafi killed, says Libyan Prime Minister Jibril. * Yankee fans take pride believing one of their own found Gadhafi in his hole. * "Super-entity" of 147 companies, mainly banks, hold disproportionate power over the global economy. * Jon Bon Jovi opens "pay what you can"
* Conflicting reports from Libyan commanders say Gadhafi's been captured and/or injured, and/or killed. * Some Pakistani military officers find this year's Army book club choice—Woodward's Obama's Wars—disturbing. * Rushdie talks about religion, Arab Spring, "addictive garbage" Game of
* Greece paralyzed by general strike, which now includes petrol bombs and tear gas. * Today: Send us cell-phone pics of the Recession creeping toward your door. * George Washington told servants to wait three days after his death before burying him. * Fungus from U.S. troops in WWII now killing Europe&
* Primer on the long-running French scandal—Bettencourt/L'Oreal—that may be coming to an end. * Great Recession hitting Friendly's, Fuddruckers, Benningan's hard. * Empire, Nevada, dead. * Related: History of Crush, Texas, town that existed for one day's event. * "Active commuters"
* Traffic accidents down over 40% in Abu Dhabi during recent Blackberry outage. * Animal mating rituals don't translate well to barroom banter. * World population, which hit six billion in 1998, to reach seven billion in a few weeks' time. * Malaria deaths fell over 20% worldwide in the last
* Photos from the weekend's global Occupy Wall Street protests. * Algorithms, not censorship, prevent the #occupy movement from trending on Twitter. * Gilad Shalit: "I haven't seen people in a long time." * Apple vs. Facebook vs. Google vs. Amazon—for the future of the innovation economy.
* Oldie but goodie: an honest in-flight talk, explaining why, for example, phones are banned. * Hostility not found in Cairo, but plenty of violence against women. * Number of women giving birth up five percent on Valentine's Day, down 11 percent on Halloween. * Day at the Congress for Aesthetic
