* White House defends NSA's data-collection programs prior to House's vote today on their legality. * Human rights organization launches poster campaign to find surviving Nazis in Germany. * Comprehensive list of Florida's other "stand your ground" cases. * Florida man, 99 years old, still
* CNN on the royal baby: Kate is "brilliant" for having a boy and "really ticked all the boxes" in doing so. * London mayor: Stop fretting about Germany's reunification—instead, copy it. * Like Luke Skywalker was when I was seven, Brian Eno is a role
* Hundreds of inmates—including senior al Qaeda—escape Abu Ghraib during "military-style assault" against guards. * NSA general says reports of the agency's snooping has been greatly exaggerated and is causing sources to dry up. * Why I love writing code for journalism. * In 2011, 12,300
* UK now requires ISPs to automatically block pornography, unless subscribers request otherwise. * Tumblr bans more search terms to curb porn on its iPhone app. * Pakistan struggles with polio epidemic, but anger over drones hampers prevention efforts. * The race speech Obama didn't make: Detroit's bankruptcy is the
* A sixth college football player joins the lawsuit against using their likenesses in video games without compensation. * The Hudson River is filled with raw sewage and is teeming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. * An oral history of Maxwell's. * Economists find former smokers earn more than smokers or those who
* How the new league of Texas Democrats could return their party to power. * On behalf of New York, Louis Black gives Texas the middle finger. * An interactive guide to the big ideas and biggest blunders of New York's mob of mayoral candidates. * Joe Biden—who might be the
* Statistics show that for Syria's children, there is no school, no play, no family life—no childhood. * Arab League throws support behind Kerry's plan to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks—the first in two years. * Social-media powerhouse Skittles goes silent after George Zimmerman verdict. * Gawker
* Taliban official writes letter to Malala Yousafzai to apologize not for shooting her, but for not warning her of their plans. * A man with Asperger's who loves the MTA has been arrested 29 times for impersonating its employees. * Shyness is a part of being human. The world would
* Across the border from McAllen, Texas, Mexican authorities rescue 81 kidnapped migrants; last month, 165 were freed in a similar case. * Huong is among millions of Vietnamese who hold an estimated 300 tons to 400 tons of bullion...valued at as much as $19 billion at domestic prices. * An elastic,
* Neo-Nazi black-metal musician arrested in southwestern France on charges of plotting a massacre. * How the media is ignoring health complications and hyping the belief an abortion ban after 20 weeks is "reasonable." * Related: "It's a rare condition, even more rare to have made
