4 June 2007: Afternoon

  • Disruption of JFK plot shows FBI agents learning to think like spooks.
  • Chinese stock market falls almost nine percent in what many believe is a "permanent correction."
  • "This is not defense counsel making some cheap trick." War crimes trial of former Liberian president comes to a screeching halt when lawyer walks out on proceedings.
  • Trials at the International Criminal Court, on the other hand, are humming along nicely.
  • Audio: A week of NPR coverage marking the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War (the June '67 War).
  • Add sex to the roster of unlikely sleep behaviors known as parasomnias.
  • Sexual prudishness makes a literary comeback.
  • Turning R-rated, San Diego restaurants and hotels introduce naked sushi servers and room service handcuffs.
  • The average bluefin yields 10,000 pieces of sushi. Behind-the-scenes at Tokyo's biggest fish markets.
  • Everyone worried as adoptions from Ethiopia on the rise due to comfortable facilities and efficient bureaucrats.
  • U.K. health services rule that smokers need to quit four weeks prior to surgery, or else it's no new hip for them.
  • Presidential report cards: Kennedy--mucker, Johnson--tardy, Truman--needs to punctuate.
  • Newest threat to our children "from Ireland to Singapore" are Heelys.
  • The London 2012 Olympic Logo is revealed, and it's pretty... pink?
  • In today's Gallery, KayLynn Deveney gives neighbor Albert Hastings his due.
  • The mighty Sting momentarily looks like a petulant pansy instead of the god of rock. Stewart Copeland worries about the reunion tour.