August 16, 2011: Afternoon
- The past 10 years have seen fewer war deaths than any decade in the last 100 years.
- Al Jazeera live blogs Mubarak's trial.
- Whether Kenya's famine could have been avoided.
- About one year ago, $5.6 billion was pledged to relief in Haiti; one-third has been paid out.
- Visa exposed as massive credit card scam.
- Wonderful explanation, with video, of Sunday's "worst plate appearance ever in baseball."
- Visit to inspect Gay Talese's magical menswear closet.
- Everything you need to know about why FIFA continues to be corrupt and uncontested.
- Profile of contemporary gay life in Canada—"post-AIDS," but in some ways "hopelessly lost."
- Obit of a broadcaster.
- Journeying in America reconsidered for GPS-enabled adventurers.
- Steve Albini reports on riding in a Spanish bus with asshole rappers Odd Future.
- Sexual violence during war can be grossly underestimated or exaggerated, but it is not inevitable.
- "Newswordy" tracks buzzwords appearing in the media.