12 July 2011: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Paris says Gadhafi's emissaries are suggesting the dictator is ready to leave.
- Gordon Brown hacked by journalists for more than 10 years, with privacy invasions from conmen and "blaggers."
- Brown: If European growth continues to run so far behind, by midcentury it may be as small as Africa.
- News of the World hides final parting message in crossword puzzle.
- Kids visit newspaper office, make ominous remarks about journalism's future.
- Summary of America's debt problem: it's politicians' fault; right now, blame falls on the Republicans.
- Gen-X mothers look for parenting advice from the people who raised them: their friends.
- Video: Ericsson says appliances in the future will be friendly, and men will be antisocial hipsters.
- Portrait of Ernest Nussbaum, inventor of the Practicello, a packable cello.
- DEA declares Ecuador, with lax visa policies for almost every citizen of the world, the "UN of crime."
- Blogger plays baseball video game on LSD to recreate Dock Ellis's acid-addled no-hitter.
- Man travels SF to LA taking only public transit to answer two questions: can it be done, and who would do it?
- The art of the luggage label.
- Adventure tale of men canoeing the Mississippi during 2011's flood, dodging deadly currents and SUVs.
- Tumblrs to keep things Tuesday interesting (some NSFW).
- Believer interview with Phish's Trey Anastasio.
- "Mamils"—middle-aged men in Lycra riding bicycles—fear "the Man with the Hammer," who makes them vomit.
