11 June 2007: Afternoon

Chinese police discover cheaters with wireless transmitter shoes during national college entrance exams.

In Mexico, union organizers risk their lives to protect migrant workers from unscrupulous recruiters.

"Daryl was a slow reader. He was lazy, and he came to school stoned. But until he committed this murder, no one thought he was mentally retarded."

William Safire asks: "What's up with 'hots up'?"

Parthenogenesis is rewriting the rules of the birds, the bees, the snakes, the frogs, and the sharks.

Video: "The Inner Life of the Cell."

This guitar just looks like you need a beard to play it. Matching Star Wars cast members to their preferred guitars.

Inside the world's first zero-emission home.

Today's long read: Recycling really does work, and the more major corporations that do it, the more it works.

Wal-Mart heiress to build museum; art lovers, curators worry about reverse carpet-bagging.

South American nations protest FIFA ban against high-altitude soccer.

Thanks to ethanol demands, this time next year that $5 beer could seem cheap.

Australians combat road rage with haiku.