14 May 2009: Morning

White House's drug czar calls for an end to the War on Drugs, favors treatment over incarceration.

There was no penalty for being lethal, the way there would be for a flu virus committing immediate host-icide under more normal circumstances. Taking it from the virus's perspective.

A map displays the state of the European Union, with views from the 27 member nations.

Jarvis Cocker's kids help him navigate the latest singles; Alan McGee's son is as into the Stone Roses as his dad was 20 years ago.

On Italo Calvino's abiding influence on post-war fiction, David Mitchell, Salman Rushdie, Dave Eggers, Twilight.

When you put something in the trash, do you still own it?

In Thailand, newspapers find they sell more copies when they feature a blood-soaked corpse on the front page.

Guatemala's president embroiled in a murder scandal--more visceral with the discovery of video his lawyer made before he was killed.

The stage version of Ben-Hur will be delivered in Latin and Aramaic--only a song by ex-Police drummer will be in English.

Translated from Aramaic and Latin, Paul Ford's Passion of the Christ blooper reel.

Photos from early Star Trek conventions, which began in 1972 and were primarily attended by the females of the species.

Photos of banks that have become other businesses; see also: hospitals turned into homes, prisons turned into hotels.

Enter a New York address and get a very pretty map that shows how long it'll take to walk everywhere.

Create your own motivational poster.