Headlines from August 1, 2012

Law providing American women with access to preventive health services goes into effect today.
Arizona’s new abortion law could force mothers to birth stillborns and babies with fatal defects.
Late-term abortion legislation fails in DC.
Obama’s newest campaign slogan attacked for an alleged punctuation error.
NYC’s newest crime racket: Thieves load cardboard bales into trucks and sell it to recycling plants.
Gore Vidal versus Norman Mailer on the Dick Cavett Show. #video
You think dinner is expensive? Plan B is expensive. Fuck you. How Natasha Vargas-Cooper does money.
Elevated caffeine levels found in the Pacific near Oregon—evidence of human waste from a population that loves coffee.
After a spiritual awakening in Jamaica, Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Lion.
I realize I am being manipulated. I can’t help it. Writer pranks Walmart contest, sends Pitbill to Kodiak, Ala.
Matt LeMay’s appreciation of the Olivia Tremor Control and Bill Doss, who died yesterday at 43.
No one’s telling them that they’ll be a good aerobics instructor if music doesn’t pan out for them. How not to write about female musicians.
Why beach volleyball is empowering to women viewers.
Gore Vidal dies at 86.
Vidal in conversation with his literary executor on influence, American education, Palin, the Bill of Rights.
Electricity and material benefits legitimizes dictatorship while Indian politicians ignore basic life needs.
Life for Syrians is little improved on entering refugee camps in Turkey’s Siberia.
Scientists rarely point to a single event’s link to climate change—America’s drought may be an exception. #science
An in-depth look at veep vetting as one journalist subjects himself to the process.
Russian anti-corruption activist and protest leader charged with embezzlement—Putin’s getting harsh.
The IOC is corruption-prone, economic prosperity doesn’t follow games, we’ll never learn the lesson. #opinion
The math of how Ancient Olympians would fare if competing at London 2012. #sports
Icelanders have responded to economic problems with less booze, more sleep and marriage.
Insect burgers and sausages are likely to resemble their meat counterparts. What we’ll eat in 20 years.