* Civilian court strikes down military decree reimposing martial law in Egypt. * Article's headline says it all: "Hillary Clinton’s Last Tour as a Rock-Star Diplomat." * The world's first and only cake museum, housed in LA, is likely to be destroyed. * Growing evidence that
* New web domains open another era of land grabs; ICANN earmarks $350 million to cover complaints. * A major drug arrest could have boosted Mexico's incumbent party's presidential candidate—if they'd nabbed the right guy. * New York vs. Los Angeles, from car culture to doorknobs.
* Idle summer vacations can result in the loss of up to three months' progress made during the school year. * Arthur Miller recalls an un-airconditioned New York summer. * A comparative history of Lacoste and Fred Perry tennis shirts. * Vatican hires Fox correspondent to help its communications strategy. * Brain-like
* Fallows: By advancing party politics over legality, the John Roberts Supreme Court is reminiscent of Chinese courts. * What killed us, then and now: More people dying of cancer means we're living long enough to die of cancer. * On the hunt for disease, a man meticulously tracks all his
* Joy and despair after Mohamed Morsi was declared winner of Egypt’s first presidential election. * Parable for the economic recovery found in a story about co-op babysitting. * The future of city life is underground—for power plants and utilities, if not for people. * Title of world’s “biggest” currency
In our latest TMN Weekender, a selection of stories by those who endure—whether by choice or otherwise—the agony and ecstasy of basketball. Ready to read here on TMN or in an e-book you can export to your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, etc.
* What you need to know about Fast and Furious and Eric Holder. * Looking to end the Syrian conflict, world leaders offer Assad a peaceful exile. * Excerpts from Castro's newspaper column. * Up to 95 million workers could be unemployed by 2020 because the current number of low-skill jobs
* As U.S. politics tosses around immigration reform, high numbers of migrants are still dying while trying to cross the border. * In blackout-prone Baghdad, residents call on the "generator man" to deliver much-needed electricity. * Former KKK leader David Duke endorses anti-semitic former Black Panther for
* Prosecutors in Norway call for mass killer Breivik to be deemed insane. * Supreme Court puts off deciding whether rock stars have a right to drop the F-bomb on TV. * Supremes' momentous healthcare decision could be announced today. Or not. * Belgian academic describes being tortured in Syria. * Horrible stories
* Obama has a unique opportunity to rebuild a mutually beneficial alliance between Turkey and Israel. * World's largest ministry for gay Christians no longer trying to "cure" homosexuality. * Montana GOP ends efforts to make homosexual acts illegal, reinforces its opposition to gay marriage. * The latest wave of
