August 22, 2014
- Russia rolls back some of its self-imposed bans on Western food—including vitamins, supplements, and lactose-free dairy products.
- Because of Missouri's self-defense laws, convicting Darren Wilson is an unlikely outcome.
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police acquires military-grade vehicles, assures citizens they're only for emergencies.
- Congressional staffer makes transphobic edits to the Orange Is the New Black Wikipedia page.
- US State Dept. forbids charity favoritism—top-ranking officials can't take the Ice Bucket Challenge.
- Wall Street and Mugabe.
- Americans treated for ebola left the hospital yesterday; their doctors will share what they learned with their African colleagues.
- A man bit and killed a snake in central India.
- Sea plankton is found on the exterior of the International Space Station—possibly carried there by air currents on Earth.
- The Morning News is looking for Fall/Winter editorial fellows—one week left to apply.
- The history of rap-talk-singing, á la Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off."
- Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder also wrote a gritty memoir filled with "scandal and mature themes."
- Fifty-year fire: how a mine fire transformed Centralia, Pa., into a ghost town.
- See also: On assignment to bring back dramatic photos of Centralia, TMN's Graham Beck finds a lot of emptiness.
- Filmmakers say there is no surefire trick to make viewers cry but certain techniques help.
- Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring played on cups.