* The New Orleans Mother's Day shooting should be a "national tragedy," except it isn't. * Activist protests Abercrombie CEO's opinion that his brand is not for "unattractive people" by donating its merchandise to the homeless. * Chuck Hagel orders retraining of military
* Dept. of Homeland Security seizes funds from the largest Bitcoin exchange. * Aaron Swartz was not yet a legend when, almost two years ago, I asked him to build an open-source, anonymous in-box. * Pneumatic tubes, and other reasons libraries will fail—from 1864. * The Kepler space telescope's
* Scientists announce $1 vaccine for rotavirus infections—which kill half a million children worldwide every year. * Politicians endlessly debate debts and deficits with little regard for the human costs of their decisions. * Reacting to Time's cover story, discerning whether it's even possible to measure narcissism. * Why
* Massacres and grisly killings in Syria, filmed for the world to see, show gap between diplomacy efforts and events on the ground. * Kofi Annan's "Africa Progress Report" says resource-rich countries must work together to make tax avoidance harder. * Ghyslain Raza, formerly known as "Star
* I'd been struggling with whether to do it for nearly two years, ever since I learned I carry the BRCA1 genetic mutation. * In light of Gov. Christie's recent gastric bypass, recalling Taft's weight-loss regimen. * Over a two-and-a-half-year period, device
* As the Bering Sea makes its way further inland, residents of Newtok, Alaska, could become America's first climate refugees. * Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family—that's impossible. * Why did Jodon Romero kill himself on
* People close to Obama noticed two telltale signs he's been a little down—his low-energy April 30 news conference...and his demand for more campaign-style road trips. * Recent additions to the literary subgenre of Texas secessionist fantasy. * Regardless of how you look at it, at all
* IRS scandal grows from targeting not just "tea party"-branded groups, but also nonprofits critical of the government. * Astronaut Chris Hadfield says goodbye to the International Space Station with a cover of "Space Oddity." * Last week, atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide reached their highest level in
* Federal prosecutors indict eight people for stealing $45 million from thousands of ATMs in just a few hours. * For many, Twitter verification is badge of self-worth—but with good reason, others have rejected the offer. * Entomologists inject mosquitos with bacteria that could permanently rid the insects and their offspring
* Republicans use Benghazi to attack Clinton's fitness to lead the country after Obama's term. * Klein: The Senate runs on norms rather than rules, and now that we've broken the norms, they're broken forever. * Fueled by a race-baiting, national marketing campaign and
