31 May 2007: Morning

  • "There is some indication of deceitfulness on the part of the individual." How a man with TB was able to board two international flights, drive across the U.S. border.
  • Bush AIDS proposal will double current plan's efforts worldwide, providing treatment for 2.5 million people in 15 countries.
  • Study depicts disparities in U.S. courts on how asylum cases are judged--troubling, since it's often a life-or-death decision.
  • Suspect in KGB poisoning murder claims the British secret service was involved in the plot.
  • Former Johns Hopkins financial aid director revealed to have accepted more than $130,000 from student loan companies.
  • Today's long read: The rise of Sarkozy has shaken France out of a 40-year ennui.
  • How much you spend on music files depends on how much encoding you can hear. (mp3 samples)
  • Among former NFL players, number of concussions has been linked to rate of depression.
  • "At night you can sometimes smell the chemicals in the air." Brooklyn teens monitor air pollutants.
  • Our oceans are turning into plastic, and the substance has entered our food chain--what effect will it have on human health?
  • International Whaling Commission renews subsistence whaling quotas; Japan said to hunt humpbacks despite ban.
  • "Some even eat small fish. They're pretty ferocious predators." Scientists discover 12 new species of biting insects.
  • Differences between languages' speakers is partially explicable through genetics.
  • Benjamin Cohen: "The Intelligent Design Biotech Corporation: Start-up Clip."
  • Ten of the best literary satires.