4 August 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 04 Aug 2010 Iran says it can shop elsewhere if Russia won't deliver its promised missile systems. Four killed at Israel-Lebanon border; initial U.N. report backs Israel. Hezbollah claims "extreme restraint"; Israeli source suggests shooting was to shift attention away from Hariri inquiry. Video shows French police manhandling Ivory Coast protesters and children, adding to immigration debate. Battle in Rome between anti-graffiti Americans and local spray-painters. Christoph Niemann returns with a visual diary of flying to Berlin. Rdio launches, bringing Spotify-like music subscription service to U.S. and Canada. Acoustic engineer explains the soundscape of London. Op: Uploading your mind into a data cloud will never happen. Q&A about BrainGate, machine that enables paralyzed people to use thought to move objects. Everything you need to know about The Singularity, aka Futurism's intelligence explosion, aka "the rapture of the geeks." Hitchens: In whatever kind of a "race" life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist. Hemingway was first in print to associate "cojones" with courage; linguistic links between testicles and valor go deeper. New Yorker cartoons captioned with Kanye West's tweets. Novelist interviewer reflects on novels where interviewers are bashed, despised, disappeared. Video: Strauss's Salomé at the Verbier Festival; Hot Chip's Surveillance.
