Headlines from June 17, 2013

China calls speculation that Snowden spied for Beijing “completely groundless.”
Russia says it won’t allow no-fly zones over Syria, calls such sanctions a disrespect of international law.
The U.S. puts more children and teens in detention than any other developed nation—research shows it’s a bad idea.
Gov. McDonnell and his family billed Virginia for their toiletries, dog vitamins, and a digestive system “detox cleanse.”
Scientists now believe meteorite fragments less than a millimeter wide flattened and burned 1,000 square miles of Siberian forest in 1908.
This group of young males is engaging in what scientists call socio-sexual behavior. The myth of dolphin rape.
What your produce section will look like if bees go extinct. #nature
Providing WiFi via high-pressure balloons, Google could deliver “vital news, health information, and grumpy cats” to billions.
Finnegan’s Wake reaches China in Chinese, 73 years after original publication.
Trebuchet seems to set off a negative trigger. How fonts influence textual interpretation.
Famous writers’ typewriters.
The McDowell’s in Coming to America was a Wendy’s in Elmhurst, Queens, and will soon be razed.
A timeline of U.S. airline hijackings in 1972, which capped a five-year hijacking epidemic.
Pilot Karim Nafatni’s stunning HDR photos from the insides of cockpits. #photos
GPS-tracked cats reveal what our feline companions do when we’re not around. #maps
A mix of Prince’s early funk demos. #audio
Brief profiles of victims from this weekend’s gun violence in Chicago, which left seven dead and 41 wounded.
More violent clashes in Istanbul; Erdogan talks of foreign conspiracy, blaming the BBC and CNN.
If you are Hawaiian, how do you seduce Barack Obama? Do you stroke his heart strings?
China spending more than $600 billion a year to move 250 million rural residents into newly constructed cities.
When it comes to family-friendly government policies, there’s Scandinavia and then there’s the rest of the world Norway is the best place to be a father.
Der Spiegel grills three architects responsible for disastrous construction sites in Germany.
Study finds countries that legalize prostitution report larger inflows of human trafficking.
New Mexico, which began issuing licences to illegal immigrants in 2003, saw a 23% decrease in traffic deaths between 2002 and 2010.
The scale and speed of synthetic drug development make for at least one new high per week.
America’s 50 worst charities include Kids Wish Network, which raises millions but spends less than three cents on the dollar helping children.
India’s telegram service, established in 1854, to end this July. #photography
The worst thing that ever happened to incompetent public-school districts was the growth of private schools. Malcolm Gladwell on failure.
The “big five” orchestras no longer add up, undone by budget woes and “the great western migration.”
Everyone is created unequal. Patton Oswalt on joke thieves, hecklers, and rape jokes.
Related: Report from the International Society for Humor Studies Conference, where academics attempt stand-up in front of comics.
Face Slimmer Exercise Mouthpiece from Japan alleges to turn back the clock on your “sagging facial skin and muscles.” via
Global ambient sounds, from Dutch fog horns to the Vancouver soundscape.