Headlines from August 3, 2011

Op: We’ve always tried to fight invasive species, but they have an important environmental role.
Scientists tempt bees with food, shake them in a box, conclude they may have feelings.
He was not the first British radio presenter to resign on air. Famous resignations.
Beyond the fake Apple Store, shoppers in China visit knockoff Ikeas, Dairy Queens, and Subways.
Illustrators kill time by drawing a big sandwich, trading off on ingredient layers.
Court decides Marvel characters drawn by Jack Kirby were “work for hire,” and his heirs have no copyright to stand on.
Don’t wear a tired, thirsty face. The best and worst in product slogans.
Supremely creepy collection of photos from abandoned morgues.
Study finds people view patients in persistent vegetative states as more dead than the dead.
Describing software requirements documents in terms of the functions a bagel should perform.
Below the grade Mr. Criche wrote, “Sure hope you become a writer.” Dave Eggers remembers the teacher who inspired him to write.
Saudi lawmakers create “blistering array” of punishments for anyone “harming the interests of the state.”
Tennessee introduces bill to punish “material support” for Islamic law.
Italy calls emergency talks as market pressure sucks it deeper into euro danger zone. #eurozonia
I feel like I’m having an asthma attack in a sealed coffin. Novelist Richard Powers reports from teaching in Berlin.
Former sawmill town in Oregon sees 20% of residents growing medical marijuana.
Wonderful USA Today commentary on everyday (secular) morality.
Former staffer claims 80% of Gingrich’s million-plus Twitter followers were purchased.
Mash note to the $118,000 camera used to film Shark Week’s slow-motion videos.
Video: Action Bronson eats at a New York edible-animals festival.
Related video: 2nd Avenue subway construction worker sings during lunch break.
From the start it sounded ridiculous: Find Marlon Brando. Yeah? And then what? You’ll know. I’ll know? Hmmm. Reporter flies to Tahiti in 1987. #longreads
Suburban arterials cover less than 10% of America’s roads, but 48% of its vehicle-miles traveled.
Funeral-planning websites seek following, but wonder if “an innovative social marketplace” is a good idea.
Recent Zuckerberg court decision raising eyebrows in tiny forensic linguistic community.