12 August 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 12 Aug 2010 Putin co-pilots plane and dumps 24 tons of water on forest fires outside Moscow. Assessment of the current global orangutan population in light of mankind's tendency to hunt. Nature report says hominins used tools to butcher meat 3.4 million years ago. See also: Blooper reel from The Passion of the Christ. Scientists discover how to skip stones up to 50 times. Medical-supply bureaucracy is keeping tool advancements from being used. Vonnegut draws grids to document storytelling. Long-read: "I am ridiculously lucky and deliriously happy to be so seriously fucked." Debut jitters by TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin. Pete Hamill's next book will be e-book only. Story of two heiresses who became entranced by capitalist mystics, at the cost of $100 million. From the Galleries: Laptops designed by children. There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary numbers and those who don't. Tumblr of Paula Deenisms.
