Headlines from May 14, 2014

Turkish mining disaster kills more than 200, with 200-plus others thought to be still underground.
US planes start flying missions to find the more than 200 Nigerian teenage girls abducted by Boko Haram almost a month ago.
Eight days ago, Boko Haram destroyed the small Nigerian town of Gamburo, killing 375.
Britons do so much cocaine that traces of it have been found at four different UK water-inspection sites.
Door handles in Starbucks designed to maximize profits, just like every other aspect of the stores. #video
Lists of active and defunct trademarks often used generically: Q-Tip, Ping Pong, Beer Nuts; yo yo, heroin, escalator.
Capitalism has sucked the joy out of purposeless bicycle riding. #opinions
After a near-fatal encounter with a New York taxi, a commuter gives up daily cycling. #tmn
The very structure of reality seems to conspire against us. Future citizens deserve a vote at the present ballot box. #opinions
Karl Rove insinuates that Hilary Clinton has a traumatic brain injury.
Ohio counts 68 cases in a measles outbreak that started after Amish missionaries returned from the Philippines.
After much secrecy, new book debuts where the author says a search for his father turned up the Zodiac Killer.
Former Marin County kid anticipates Sicily-style lynchings if California doesn’t figure out how to fix “Big Water.” #longreads
The best work of Ellen Willis—the New Yorker’s first rock critic—from the perspective of her daughter.
Cubs join Phillies and Braves in having lost 10,000 or more games; Pirates are up next with 55 more losses.
In 900 words, the Atlantic untangles whether it’s better to be miserable together, or alone.
VICE dedicates entire issue to a giant story about the war in South Sudan.
As stories get shorter, do readers end up missing something impor Associated Press tells writers to keep stories between 300 and 500 words.