* After a dramatic week of political history, the Dutch cobble together austerity measures. * Rodrik: National interests are slaves to economists' ideas and their influence on policymakers. * Billionaire says Titanic II should be ready to sail in 2016. * When you look at America, you have to concede that we have
Every Friday we take a look back at the week’s headlines, centering on a theme we’ve singled out as particularly important. From the difficulties of dealing pot or having too much to read and learn, to being the biggest working comic without being famous, it’s never as
* Spanish unemployment hits new record high, and Spain gets its sovereign debt downgraded. * South Africa's Kulula airline offers deal for polygamists, “Fourth Wife Flies Free." * Research roundup on swearing—everyone knows how, but it still isn't becoming more frequent. * Nature loves biological weapons, and we
* Blind legal activist escapes house arrest in China, now hiding somewhere in Beijing. * Qiu Xiaolong: Bo Xilai never returned my favorite red Double Happiness Ping-Pong racket. * China's ruling Communist Party's People's Daily website debuts on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, surges 78% on its
* Hague finds Charles Taylor guilty of aiding Sierra Leone war crimes. * Forty thousand Norwegians gather to sing children's song despised by Norwegian killer. * Then-and-now photo feature by the LA Weekly looks at the LA riots 20 years later. * Clean Air Act credited for 10-year low
* China expected to eat more than twice as much meat as America this year. * Food sources increasingly encourage carnivores—red foxes, coyotes—to trade natural habitats for urban areas. * Testing of nuclear-capable missiles continues, and now it's Pakistan's turn. * Atlantic story refuted: Facebook isn'
* Gingrich unofficially planning to officially announce end of campaign next Tuesday * Recent actions by former Haitian soldiers show why Haiti's better off without a standing army. * Ariely: America needs an agency akin to the FDA to monitor financial products. * Computational neuroscientists estimate the brain's storage capacity
* President Obama slow-jams the news with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. * Now that Romney has won the primaries, his plan is to attack, attack, attack. * Notes from the "Mormon heart of Mexico," where Mitt Romney's father was born. * Map shows popularity of paying by mobile
* New book by TMN's @Rosecrans, Paris, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down now available. * Guide to France's history of delightfully conquering people. * Interactive guide to Warren Buffett's thoughts about others. * Brief investigation into why Kevin Hart, the biggest comic working,
* One in two new college graduates in the U.S. are jobless or underemployed. * Weak economy, deportation threat reverses trend of Mexican immigration to the U.S. for the first time in four decades. * Rodney King, 20 years after the riots. * London accused of "social cleansing" over plan
