14 October 2010: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Pope creates department to re-Christianize "interior desert" of the secular world's soul.
Former Joint Chiefs Chairman blames Iraq war "fiasco" on Rumsfeld and Franks, saying flatly the war was pointless.
Vet suggests suicides might drop among soldiers if garrison life had less paperwork, fewer PowerPoint presentations.
Chart: How often adjectives are intensified with obscenities (e.g., stochastic as fuck).
Q&A on how scandal narratives titillate, and why people allow themselves to live in garbage.
Manchester, England police tweet every incident in 24 hours.
Young people love texting, hate small talk or "intrusive" telephone calls.
Shifting revenue models account for why American movies are terrible and American TV is excellent.
Video: Antoine Dodson performs "Bed Intruder Song" live at BET's Hip Hop Awards.
Instead of suddenly dropping, curveballs arc consistently; illusion stems from batters switching vision modes.
Table tennis, in the West, is in crisis. No one watches. Booker winner Jacobson profiles ping-pong champ Marty Reisman.
Video: Japanese fembot learns to sing.
TMN's Clay Risen struggles to decide between a robot and a monkey to give him a helping hand.
Thomas Pynchon lyrics set to music (see Thomas Pynchon Fake Book).
One Hundred and Seventy-One Minutes With Evan Dando (World Trade Conspiracy Theorist) and Juliana Hatfield, in Search of a Bowl.
