Headlines from September 26, 2013

Yesterday in diplomacy: Iran’s new president acknowledged the Holocaust did occur.
Small but growing business emerges for $120,000 “designer” American babies provided by surrogates to China’s elite.
Banner Poison Control Center in Arizona reports two cases of flesh-rotting drug’s use, believed to be the first in the U.S.
Study of Twitter posts asserts that elite Hunter College High School is Manhattan’s most negative spot.
Experiment where a wallet is left on the ground finds Helsinki and Mumbai to be the “most honest” cities, Lisbon and Zurich the least.
Notes of black cherry, cocoa, caramel, vanilla, and leather. Perhaps a little late, E.L. James launches Fifty Shades of Grey wine.
For many people, it is impossible to enjoy the Important Male Novelists of the mid to late 20th-century because they’re such sexist dillweeds. #opinions
During her five-month kayak journey from Japan to Alaska, Sarah Outen’s boat capsized five times.
We were absolutely the Illuminati of our community when it came to the electric boogaloo.
History of the smile through the ages of portraiture, “from Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to Alexander Gardner’s photographs of Abraham Lincoln.” #art
On the Road illustrated in noir by Paul Rodgers, one drawing for every page of text. via
Writing advice that’s not complete crap: Be polite, be relentless, be Columbo.
I’m selling dope, straight off the iPhone. If rappers were advertising copywriters.
Related: Release dates for the hottest incarcerated rappers, from Lauryn Hill to Fat Joe.
Amount of money the typical American household now pays in rent is at an all-time high: $735.
For aviation geeks: Everything that went wrong with the Joint Strike Fighter, the most expensive weapons system ever developed. #longreads
Key rebel groups in Syria abandon the opposition’s political leaders, and sign up with an affiliate of Al Qaeda.
‘I’m a Muslim!’ shouted one man with children. They were allowed to leave. Stories from survivors of the Westgate mall attack in Nairobi.
FBI releases footage of the Navy Yard shooter, photos of his weapon, timeline of the attack.
Pussy Riot protester explains why she’s going on a hunger strike in prison.
Bear walks into a bar in an Alaskan hotel; bartender tells bear to leave; bear leaves. via
I consider myself extremely fortunate. Prabhjot Singh, Sikh doctor who was mistaken for Muslim and assaulted, on why he won’t leave Harlem.
France’s Interior Minister says the majority of the country’s Roma community should go home.
See also: How many Earths?
President George H.W. Bush acts as the official witness at a same-sex wedding; reporter makes sure to notice his stylishly mismatched socks.
Senator McCaskill: “Ted Cruz clearly does not understand the moral of Green Eggs and Ham.”
Study finds people care more about the number of people killed in a disaster than the number of survivors when deciding how much to donate.
Ancient Entelognathus fish found to have “human”-like face, with complex jawbones and less cartilage.
Related: Artist turns NASA’s data sets and grainy pictures into dazzling images of the solar system. #photography
In America, 15% of adults do not use the internet or email; 34% of non-internet users say the internet is just not relevant to them.
How to a spot a fake Yelp review: watch out for hyperbole and weirdly imperfect punctuation.
Your Thursday morning slideshow: Inside a toilet manufacturing factory. #photography