31 July 2009: Weekend By The Morning News — 31 Jul 2009 Cuomo's office finds nine bailed-out banks paid around 5,000 employees bonuses of more than $1 million each for 2008. A profile of lawyer John Durham, who's rumored to be tapped with the job of investigating torture during the Bush years. Video: The Daily Show tries to sell Timothy Geithner's house for him. How white roads could loosen global warming; how a white roof can cut energy costs. They were the only Jews, and we were one of only two black families in the neighborhood. Four short perspectives on race in America. New technology that tracks how often readers copy and paste from websites could be a more accurate measurement of user engagement. Cheerfulness is next to godliness, but fails to provide answers to major life questions. Make up your own conspiracy and tell us about it; if you're in New York, maybe it's about the government's weather machine. A well-imagined story is organized around extraordinary human behaviors and unexpected and startling events, which help illuminate the commonplace and the ordinary. Video: Fun with ecstatic states. TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin on the aesthetics of aviation and air travel. A nap trumps caffeine as the antidote for the mildly sleep-deprived; a nap plus caffeine is a near-perfect storm. To do this weekend: Read the New-York Ghost's summer issue. (Request your copy here.)
