April 8, 2015

• US secretly tracked billions of calls nearly a decade before Sept. 11.
• Kissinger: Rather than enabling American disengagement from the Middle East, a nuclear deal with Iran will deepen our involvement there.
• The problem with saying “no one wants war” is that some people do want war.
• Republicans keep wooing, but Jewish voters still won't defect to the GOP.
• Video surfaces of the South Carolina cop appearing to shoot a 50-year-old black man in the back at least eight times as he runs away.
• NRA bans guns at its annual convention for safety reasons.
• Rand Paul campaign video pulled from YouTube for infringing on a country song's copyright.
• If you want to safeguard cultural identity, you cannot sell the best pieces of your collection.
• Prada and other luxury brands in crisis due to betting too heavily on Asia.
• Chanel shifts prices to make its bags equally expensive around the world—costlier in Europe, less so in China.
• Separate studies find taking notes on a laptop worse for students than taking notes longhand.
• UConn wins third straight women's NCAA basketball championship, and Auriemma joins Wooden as only 10-time champs.
• Analytical chemist with a background in forensics and toxicology says the "Food Babe" is "utterly full of shit."
• "No, totally" means yes, or at least an affirmation—"a surprised and happy seconding."
• Sarah Hepola on her hypothetical romance with Louis C.K. after he writes her an actual letter.
• Like wisdom teeth and chest hair, gendered putdowns have outlived their welcome.
• How to compensate someone for time spent wrongfully imprisoned.
• Illustrated guide to all 456 deaths in Game of Thrones, including who, how, why, and where.