August 3, 2012: Afternoon
- This week, "a rogue algorithm" bought and sold million of shares on the stock market.
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Fort Knox-like security measures for keeping the monthly jobs report under wraps until its release.
- Obama signs secret order to support Syrian rebel forces.
- If NYC's largest inefficient buildings reach average energy consumption, the city's greenhouse gas emissions would drop by 24%.
- Olympic divers photoshopped onto toilets.
- Once upon a time, women could win beauty contests for having good posture.
- At a Texas summer camp, teens train to become pro-life activists.
- Counterpoint: Nothing has damaged Springsteen's once-magnificent music more than his decision to become a spokesman for America.
- How rave conquered America.
- Ticketholders for cancelled 1979 Who concert in Rhode Island are now being reimbursed.
- Eight months after a UC Davis police officer pepper-sprayed a protestor, he's been fired.
- We owe comics for giving us the "zzz equals snoring" association.
- Biology major explains the "science" behind the Harry Potter wizarding gene.
- Curiosity due to land on Mars on Monday, assuming it survives a difficult descent NASA is calling "7 Minutes of Terror."
- This Is Now: real-time Instagram, by city.
- Facebook says it has 83 million fake profiles—including pets and "undesirable" accounts.