18 June 2010: Weekend By The Morning News — 18 Jun 2010 Story of the BP rig workers--those who died and those who were saved. Los Angelenos search for championship trophy under burning cars. Video: Obama joins long line of presidents who preached on TV against foreign oil. Utah executes prisoner with firing squad. Humans convey sadness in music and speech the same way: the minor third. Microsoft employees believe the ascendency of "so" as a favored introduction began with them. Internet becomes lifeline for Latin America's lesbian communities. Studying the codes of subtitling films to see where hilarity strikes most frequently. Latest obstacle for the jobless: "unemployed need not apply" job listings. Chart: Global views of America and China. In China's realm of censored media, top leaders sneak around in search of unadulterated news. One-stop shop for launching off your exploration of London maps. Album covers that please architects; the making of the Moscow Metro map. Some women artists' work is edging up in fair representation price-wise--but it helps to be dead. The evils of pornography and Disney, and other life lessons illustrated. The world needs snakes more than it needs apostrophes. That's something I never thought I'd see myself type. What we know of the Pony Express is almost entirely legend--but, oh, what a legend.
