Headlines from September 28, 2011

Western governments shy about defending human rights; liberty declined for the fifth year in a row.
Long-term cost of detainee abuse: Now torturers can say, “But you torture too.”
He has admitted to eating road-kill—how can this person judge any food? Rick Perry rumbled for trashing North Carolina BBQ.
Jenny Diski not shy in analyzing published “happiness project.”
History is full of wannabe cynics, but none can match Devil’s Dictionary author Ambrose Bierce. #opinions
Ellen controls Beckham and makes him entice people to smell his leg. #video
Among 50 ex-burglars, 78% said current thieves check social media when targeting properties.
Introducing the PeePoo, a biodegradable single-use toilet (“for the developing world”).
Related: King confirms sequel to The Shining will involve vampires with pirate names. via
Blog of unnecessary journalism phrases.
Immortality found in becoming nouns: Lord Cardigan; Charles Boycott; Joseph-Ignace Guillotin.
Study of the illness of van Gogh. #longreads
Erin Overbey reports from a panel pondering beards vs. clean-shaven.
Atlanta comedians grow beards, seek audiences nationwide, find their comedic souls.
For every step forward Bulgaria makes to shed its Communist past, the old guard is right there, refusing to let go.
Conservatives latch onto Gibson Guitar illegal wood raid as an example of big government hurting U.S. businesses.
Nicholas Feltron, designer and analyzer of self-collected data, credited with inspiring Facebook’s terrifying timelines.
The Gettysburg Address, the Constitution and the King James Bible, all arduously hand-typed, full of errors, by Mr Hart. Project Gutenberg founder dies, age 64.
After 33 years of noticing what you never did, Andy Rooney, now 92, to retire from 60 Minutes.
And now a few minutes with Andy Rooney’s homo erectus ancestor.
Six high schoolers charged with paying a college student to take their SATs; faculty identified them when scores didn’t fit grades.
To college friends who’ve read the new book and corrected him…he responds, “My intention wasn’t to make it like it really was.” The return (again) of Eugenides.
After three years of development, Heinz debuts a “dip and squeeze” ketchup packet for highway dining.
Doritos creator passes away at age 97; chips to be sprinkled on grave.
Chefs embrace their love of chicken skin, introduces dishes for fellow obsessives.