August 20, 2013: Morning
- With Lyme Disease diagnoses long underreported, the CDC's 10-fold estimated increase could return us to reality.
- Black prosecutors: "What do we tell our sons about Trayvon Martin?"
- Economics reporter/theater reviewer maps the gap between audiences' and critics' movie opinions.
- How a 6.4-acre tract in Midtown Manhattan has gone undeveloped since 2007—long enough for young trees to sprout at the edges.
- Bloomberg, Kelly show off the largest gun seizure in NYC history, plug stop-and-frisk tactics.
- CIA admits involvement in Iran's 1953 coup.
- An isolated tribe in Peru threatens to enter a village—contact is illegal, as they're vulnerable to modern germs.
- Bear experts say recent attacks are unrelated, but encounters between our species will become more common as territory dwindles.
- Don't freak out: It's the accompanying cigarette—not the four cups of coffee a day—that will kill you.
- NHS Scotland says even though alcohol sales per person has dropped, as a nation they're still drinking far too much.
- A study shows a third of gynecologists performing hysterectomies still remove ovaries from non-menopausal women.
- Menstruation—a topic long confined to girls' locker rooms and ladies' bathrooms—is having a media moment.
- DNA paternity tests become more common in India, to dubious advantage.
- Where Missed Connections happen most in each state, according to 100 days of Craigslist data.
- Newspaper mistakenly grabs profane copy from the Onion for its "Kid's Corner" section.
- The Depressed Cake Shop only sold grey cakes. The stunt raised thousands for mental health charities.