* Egypt hires American PR firm to improve its image, then arrests its film crew within hours of setting foot in Cairo. * Times editor discovers a new relationship with her father when her dad discovers the joy of texting about the news. * Threats from Western countries to withdraw aid have slowed
* Four years after he went missing, video surfaces of the only U.S. soldier held captive by the Taliban. * Thorough explainer of what you need to know about this week's net neutrality decision. * What's it like to live as a gay family in Russia today? "
* The NSA can use radio waves to snoop on computers that aren't connected to the internet. * Federal judge strikes down Oklahoma's ban on gay marriage, calling it "arbitrary" and "irrational." * Ezra Klein on what liberals get wrong about single payer. * Bill Keller
* NBC defends how it plans to broadcast the Olympics alongside Russia's "anti-gay propaganda" law. * Terrorism case analysis finds NSA's phone record collection “has had no discernible impact on preventing acts of terrorism.” * Mexico to deploy federal forces in western state where narcos and
* China's steel manufacturing industry produces roughly a quarter of the world's steel—and is on the verge of collapse. * Researchers find MTV's 16 and Pregnant has led to a drastic decrease in teen pregnancy rate. * Ink-jet technology that prints retinal cells could help
* Rachel Maddow speculates: Christie wasn't targeting Fort Lee mayor with bridge closures, but NJ Senator Loretta Weinberg. * India firearms company launches exclusive revolver for women. * Until 1912, visitors to Niagara Falls could walk on the ice bridge—it's refrozen, but not to that point yet. * See
* Mounting evidence Christie is a bully. * I've never known a governor without a long list of local opponents, enemies, and plain chuckleheads. * Missing its deadline to elect new Olympic officials, India's athletes will compete as independents at Sochi. * UN to stop updating Syria's death
* The first consignment of Syrian chemical weapons has departed by ship, to be destroyed in international waters. * Indeed, al Qaeda appears to control more territory in the Arab world than it has done at any time in its history. * Following the Snowden leaks, how Google, Facebook, and Microsoft nearly became
* [Snowden] went too far to be considered just a whistleblower. * The coldest temperature recorded in the Midwest on Monday was -36°—enough for antifreeze to freeze. * More than 22 million tons of salt are scattered on U.S. roads annually—about 137 pounds of salt for every American. * Why women
* Most areas of the U.S. are the coldest in nearly 20 years—some cities are 30 to 50 degrees below average. * Not that you'll need it today, but: A guide to where you should put your sunglasses when you head inside. * Mountains in areas without glaciers get
