17 June 2011: Weekend
By The Morning News
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Syria summary: Too big for outsiders to intervene, yet Assad must not be allowed to murder.
Resignation of Assad's reviled cousin seen as sacrifice to public fury.
Afghan owners of the number 39--in phone numbers, license plates--mocked for being pimps.
The figure seems to be looking at China. War historian reads America's future in Tarot.
Putin's family is largely kept a state secret, and he may or may not be recently divorced.
Online criminal megamall, where stolen credit cards are sold, requires references from other crooks.
When James Brown died, he left behind millions, plus 14 children, 16 grandchildren, 30 lawyers, etc.
Japan's luxury-fruit market collapses, with a black watermelon only fetching $4000 at auction.
Debauchery conceived of as a kind of ascetic experience is not new, but until Story of O no woman had said it.
Photo essay shows man becoming action figure in Japan.
My Daguerreotype Boyfriend: Where early photography meets extreme hotness.
For father's day, TMN's Nicole Pasulka reports on her dad carving a bird.
International collection of hotel door hangers.
Welcome to "solar weather," where events on the Sun wreak havoc on Earth's technologies.
Big sporting events don't lead to increased ER visits, but when a team loses, its fans suffer more heart attacks.
Drivers shouldn't use their cars to bully cyclists--some cyclists are cops.
Audio: Radiolab's Jad Abumrad meets King Phillip II's 16th-century monkbot.
Malibu rejects The Edge's plan for five mansions called "Leaves in the Wind."
Related: Regarding the water-slides and log flume--better to be safe than sorry, is the feeling of the Edge.
