August 17, 2011: Morning
- Local flavor may be lost as agricultural pageants become a path to Miss America.
- Original Village People lead singer disputes work-for-hire claim, seeks rights to "Y.M.C.A."
- WSJ: "Abercrombie and Fitch offers to pay 'The Situation' to stop wearing its clothes."
- In Brooklyn, judge blocks Park Slope residents' effort to remove a "hotly contested" bike lane.
- Jon Stewart wants to know why everyone is ignoring Ron Paul.
- Why watching Game of Thrones this weekend shortened your life by five hours.
- Previously: Are cell phones the cigarettes of the 21st century?
- Facebook is the best thing to happen to birthdays since chocolate cake.
- Misdiagnosed with terminal melanoma, a doctor restarts his life as a horse racer.
- Meet the curator who decides what survives at the National Gallery in case of World War III.
- Hot DC restaurant presents diners with a menu to read and a two-page contract to sign.
- Controversial maps of the late 20th century.