23 August 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 23 Aug 2010 Trapped Chilean miners say they're all OK; engineers say it will take four months to free them. When cities sell off airports and zoos to the private sector, they may fill budget gaps but could create future holes. Architects ask citizens to appreciate Germany's ugly buildings. Colleges devise ways--some less subtle than others--to let parents know when it's time to leave after dropping off their freshmen. "I am quite a short guy, but I could almost touch the ceiling." British students try life in India's slums. Study suggests introverts may prefer to be alone because their brains don't distinguish faces well. California apologizes to Italians for mistreatment during WWII--some may note connections to contemporary headlines. A chronology of human experimentation in the United States. A brief overview of the C.I.A.'s long-standing obsession with dropping LSD into water sources. Scientists puzzle over where the plastic dumped into the ocean has gone. "A wee bit of bullshit doesn't hurt anybody." Uri Geller claims his chunk of Scotland contains Egyptian artifacts. For this month's "Of Recent Note," commemorate this and every summer by telling us: What's the hot jam of forever? How copyright laws will block from ears a set of recently unearthed jazz recordings until 2067.
