21 June 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 21 Jun 2010 Hospitals are still unsure why they're facing increasing cases of delirium among elderly patients. F.D.A. pushes drugmakers to investigate whether their existing medicines may also aid rare disorders. Why all drugs cause the same side effects: advertising and serotonin. Microbiologist claims excessive consumption will cause humans to die out by 2110. A proposed dam would provide hydropower to Kenyan and Ethiopian cities--and upheaval to the tribes who depend on the river. For this month's "Of Recent Note," tell us your fantasy road trip. How Jamaica's greatest tennis player arrived at the ATP 100 in a VW bus outfitted with a stringing machine. Account of a reading of the Smigel-Odenkirk screenplay based on an SNL skit that was never made into a movie but should have been. Translators to defend interpretations of a work in which only one word--"really"--is identical. Linguist responds to claims that Obama's oil spill speech, written for a ninth-grade reading level, is "too sophisticated" for Americans. "In the old days, not so many kids graduated." Inside the engraving process for New York high school grads' diplomas. Workplace studies pinpoint bosses' psychopathy, how a woman's touch can increase confidence. I am an angry man. Writer Buzz Bissinger defends his tweeting principles, believes Twitter needs spicing up. Police pick up on a new trend in dating violence: "textual harassment."
