Headlines from April 13, 2010
- Economists say it's premature to call the recession over--unemployment numbers are still too high.
- Geithner: Learning from the last financial crisis--and installing more accountability--will prevent the next meltdown.
- Investigators say WaMu created a "mortgage time bomb" by selling loans to investors without disclosing borrowers' fraudulent activity.
- Russia's frank response to Polish crash shows hope of bridging historical gap.
- Polish president's twin contemplates running in emergency election to continue the legacy.
- On the eve of America's withdrawal, Afghanistan turns to China as a new patron.
- I have been looking at a lot of maps. Each seems to reflect only a fraction of reality. Anna Badkhen's journey through north Afghanistan.
- A fugitive since 1970, Black Panther Pete O'Neal is one of Tanzania's biggest tourist attractions.
- How Chicago mobsters friended a suspected snitch's children on Facebook--presumably to find and whack him.
- Nate Silver quantifies New York's most livable neighborhoods.
- A writer explores the hurdles in learning to love her adopted child.
- Botox can damage friendships, become social hazard.
- Participants in a beautiful-only dating club claim the event is more honest, less shallow.
- Fire at revered Ugandan tombs increases tension between president and ethnic minority.
- Genetic disorder found that eradicates racial, but not gender, bias.
- Rituals of the Protocol Office, currently managing whims of 46 international delegations in D.C.
- Rwanda's missing U.N. ambassador turns up in Alabama, and he doesn't want to talk about genocide.
- Brief essay on cow tunnels in New York.
- Video: You've been snapping your asparagus wrong.
- How the "Asian flair" trend signifies linguistic laziness, culinary expansion.
- K.F.C.'s Double Down reviewed piece by piece.
- Royal Shakespeare Company produces modern British Romeo & Juliet on Twitter.
- Scientists use brain scans to explain why we love reading.
- New fiction from TMN's Pasha Malla--in case you too considered having a baby with
. - Audio: DJ Premier's Malcolm McLaren tribute mix.
- Various advice given on how to build a sound producer's dream studio.