14 June 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 14 Jun 2010 Afghanistan's billion-dollar minerals--a curiously timed piece of good news? Karzai's ousted intelligence chief says the Afghan leader's given up on N.A.T.O. and is swinging for the Taliban and Pakistan. Turkey shows more assertive--if resentful--foreign policy, yet E.U. membership remains the priority. Dutch separatist party wins Belgium's general election. Interviews with North Koreans: devastated by devaluation, profoundly isolated. Meet the "radical homemakers"--domestic polymaths "living with a sense of abundance." Super-rich are becoming super-richer: Compounds are L.A.'s hot new thing in the high-end real estate market. How bouncers make snap decisions: Social network matters most, gender follows. The problem with making appearance discrimination illegal is that Americans just really, really like hot girls. Op: We pay far too little for gas--and far too much by using it. Today's wildlife photography is largely fake, stocked with captive animals from game farms. Instapaper: Empirical research now linking cruelty toward animals and other abusive behavior. Bret Easton Ellis has invented a bland, barefooted, Coke-drinking persona for interviews. How ghostwriters are making money and gaining acceptance, no longer publishing's dirty little secret. Photos from a CD titled "NASA - 1172 pictures." World Cup players--particularly the French--complain about vuvuzela noise, but organizers refuse a ban. England-U.S. match replayed as experienced on Twitter.
