Headlines from May 10, 2013

Federal prosecutors indict eight people for stealing $45 million from thousands of ATMs in just a few hours.
For many, Twitter verification is badge of self-worth—but with good reason, others have rejected the offer.
Entomologists inject mosquitos with bacteria that could permanently rid the insects and their offspring of malaria.
Cultural interpretations of morning: breakfast platters from around the world. #photos
Publishers in Africa envision cell phones, not e-readers, as the primary channel for literature.
It made people visible to each other. Like Google, the Whole Earth Catalog changed the world.
A teenager won a coding competition for inventing software that blocks TV spoilers from Twitter.
Related: Matthew Baldwin on why spoilers ruin everything. #tmn
They whisper the title across the table, because…no one else knows this yet, and because with Daft Punk nearly everything is a secret.
My trousers changed the world. Ian Buruma’s review of “David Bowie Is” at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
In 1969, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, and Paul McCartney almost formed a supergroup. #music
Geoguessr: Get dropped into a random Google Earth location, then guess where you are. #diversions
Let the names of the same sorte of things begin with the same letter. Isaac Newton’s unsuccessful foray into linguistics.
“This Is Water”: a video reimagining of David Foster Wallace’s 2005 commencement address at Kenyon College #video
Republicans use Benghazi to attack Clinton’s fitness to lead the country after Obama’s term. #politics
Klein: The Senate runs on norms rather than rules, and now that we’ve broken the norms, they’re broken forever.
Fueled by a race-baiting, national marketing campaign and the missionary-like evangelism of its affiliates, Care Net has turned the complex reality behind black abortion rates into a single, fictional story.
For young Americans, finding their passion is of utmost concern, but for young people without a passion, interesting work and cash is still available.
Credited with “douche-ifying” the wine world, critic Robert Parker enters bourbon appreciation, striking fear into the hearts of bourbon enthusiasts.
Extremely romantic note found left behind in a coffee shop.
Extreme medieval fighting contest “Battle of the Nations” sees contestants frequently injured with dislodged teeth, broken or severed fingers.
Scientists develop seven-minute workout to fulfill the latest mandates for high-intensity effort.
National Design Awards give lifetime achievement award to James Wines, founder and president of SITE.
Forty-thousand stolpersteine feature in European streets—“stumbling stones” honoring people murdered during the Holocaust.
Cycle of paintings and drawings depicts scenes from The Big Lebowski.
See also: Portraits of the Mona Lisa painted in styles of famous artists.
Oldie but goodie: John Grisham’s “Faulkner Things” from the very first issue of the Oxford American.