* Death toll from southern Philippines typhoon passes 270. * Insourcing boom: General Electric and others begin returning manufacturing to the United States. * Republican leaders punish Tea Party loyalists and other back-benchers. * In case you needed another reason to hate Congressional Republicans: Meet the Sovereigntists. * Obama considering Vogue's Anna
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* In the years since Howard Dean's quick rise and quicker fall, the left has embraced a model of campaign that's fueled by data. * Roddick faces Murray in exhibition match. * The story so far: On the lam, John McAfee claims to be wearing disguises, maintaining sobriety, and
* Al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen crucifies, amputates, and tortures, and also provides public services. * Bahrain's embrace of a Kardashian is part of a larger effort to shift news coverage away from protest marches. * Facebook's Chris Hughes, now owner-editor of the New Republic, represents "a
* Humanitarian adventure journalist David Oliver Relin, co-author of Three Cups of Tea, dies at 49. * Paul Ford on how the contemporary Authentocracy is ruling your happiness. * On unfinished novels: "The fatal flaw in all them was my abysmal plot-developing skills." * Two years ago, an LA man
* Britain and France to protest Israel's decision to approve new homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. * Q&A with Guy Delisle on his fantastic travel comic Jerusalem: Chronicles From the Holy City. * Homeless man, famous for receiving boots from New York cop, is shoeless again
* China extends stop-and-board rights to most of the South China Sea—far from the mainland, the waters are already claimed by other nations. * Sandy evacuees housed in NYC hotels prepare to transfer to more permanent temporary arrangements. * The overall U.S. birth rate decreased by 8% between 2007-
* UN votes to recognize Palestine as a "non-member observer state," same as the Vatican. * John Kerry receives unqualified support for Secretary of State job, though from Republicans, not his own partymates. * Seal for the State Dept.'s Policy Planning Staff includes slogan, "Avoid Trivia."
* Today Syria disconnected from the internet. * Another hardship for coastal residents in New York and New Jersey: mandatory flood insurance. * Climate change in the kitchen. * Tumblr of the day: Eating Carefully. * They're convinced that it just so happens that their self-interest coincides perfectly with the collective interest.
* On Monday, New York City passed a day without a single report of a person being subject to violent crime. * Time-lapse movie of leaves changing color in Central Park. * Mitt Romney to eat lunch at the White House today. * Slightly awkward WikiHow guide to filling awkward silences. * Moscow court
