Headlines from July 25, 2013

His long-suffering wife was played by Helen Mirren. A brief history of England’s King Georges.
Jane Austen to replace Charles Darwin on UK’s £10 note.
Irish justice minister calls his country’s refusal to permit abortions for rape, incest, and fetal abnormalities “unacceptable cruelty.”
Anthony Weiner’s letter to his supporters, annotated with his sexts. #nsfw
Weiner never intended to win: This campaign is about cleansing him of past sins.
How bacteria network and communicate: Through shared membranes, they become a “microbial wolf pack.”
Scientists discover what triggers cat allergies, and are one step closer to a preventative medicine.
The tiny blue dot in this photo of Mars is our rover.
For years, Kerry has been working behind the scenes to secure direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Five years ago, writers for The Simpsons invented a box-office fantasy league.
Games of Thrones writers try their hand at an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. #tv
Now that Netflix has a universal winner with Orange Is the New Black, watercooler TV appears doomed.
See also: James Pearson explores how our current era of on-demand television series encourages binge-watching. #tmn
Junot Díaz took to Rap Genius to explain one of the footnotes in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
The Washington Post is collecting letters from kids away at summer camp.
Consequence of Sound’s “Dusting ‘Em Off” series locates past musical gems—some hidden, some forgotten.
Woody Allen’s collected satire for the New Republic in the 1970s.
Nearly 80% of previously arrested burglars, surveyed in 2011, said info drawn from social media helps thieves plan jobs.
Private U.S. companies invest nearly twice as much as those listed on the stock market.
Geneva offers extremely secure giant safe for wealthy art patrons’ collections.
China says no construction of government or party loutang guansuo—“official buildings”—will be permitted for the next five years.
At least 78 people killed in a passenger train derailment in north-western Spain.
Willie Louis, who named the killers of Emmett Till at their trial, dies at 76.
Long Island fisherman found 43 miles offshore using his rubber boots as a life vest.
Photographer shoots portraits of strangers committing acts of intimacy. #photography
The Awl’s Choire Sicha becomes the face of the “new” Twitter trend: Favoriting posts rather than retweeting them.
I can’t do it. I fucking suck at it. “Frustrated Novelist No Good At Describing Hands.”
From 1919, “one of the most humorous books in literature” was a novel written by a nine-year-old.
Travel-guide nerd makes the case for including modern guidebooks in the literary canon. #tmn
Evolution explains why the brain registers rejection, unlike other emotional injuries, like physical pain.
We know a lot more than we did 40 years ago, but we still don’t understand these classic forms of madness. Ian Hacking reviews DSM-5. #longreads
Thursday game: See if you can name various cities based on their Starbucks’ locations.
NPR’s sandwich critics review “gravy bread”—sandwich bread deliberately soaked in “meat juice.”