August 29, 2013: Afternoon
- American and British lawmakers try to slow their countries' increasingly fast march toward a strike on Syria.
- From the Onion, "Syria Conflict Intensifies As Bears Enter War."
- South Korean paper reports Kim Jong Un's ex-girlfriend has been executed for violating North Korea's pornography laws
- Round-up of reactions to the 50th anniversary of King's dream speech.
- Man contemplates his final text message to his children.
- In case you didn't know, the misuse or theft of milk crates is highly regulated and monitored.
- Heisman-winning quarterback Manziel of Texas A&M suspended for the first half of Saturday's season opener.
- ACL injuries may not sideline so many athletes in the future thanks to animal studies.
- Touching portraits of a boy who was born without eyes.
- Documentary examines Action Park—world's "most insane amusement park ever"—where it seems like nearly every visitor got injured.
- Virus similar to measles is suspected of killing hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins since July.
- On the day that brilliant, powerful aliens invade our planet, we’d better hope that they don’t try to be anything like us.
- The current plague of multimedia-drenched online journalism serves nobody, especially not the reader.
- Journalist details—in thrilling, awful detail—trying to escape her Somali kidnappers.
- RuPaul drives Henry Rollins around in a car and encourages him to be vulnerable in relationships.
- Hitchcock movie and its 1991 TV remake compared to figure out why one is a film noir masterpiece and the other is trash.