February 10, 2014
- U.S. government to expand same-sex marriage rights "to the greatest extent possible under the law."
- Behind the scenes of how the NFL prospect about to become the league's first openly gay player came out.
- According to a former U.S. military drone operator, targets are located using the NSA's metadata and phone tracking analysis.
- For the first time since people started to talk about illegal migration, the outflow has been greater than the inflow.
- Syrian journalist reflects on the difficulties of writing about Syria remotely.
- Sochi's mysterious knitting man turns up in Where's Waldo-esque appearances throughout history.
- Herbal "viagra" made for women is expensive, and far too simple a solution for a complex physiological issue.
- Vietnam gets its first McDonald's.
- Tucked between Sunglass Huts and T-shirt vendors, a funeral home kiosk arrives in a California mall.
- A "Dumb Starbucks" spoof coffee shop opens in Los Feliz, Calif., and no one seems quite sure why.
- Subway will stop conditioning its bread with a chemical used to produce foamed plastics—and that's banned overseas.
- An altered guide from the 1964 World's Fair presents the future as no one saw it.
- The culture surrounding busaa, Kenya's traditionally brewed beer.
- TMN's Alexander Chee did not sign on for the Twitter outrage.
- My job title is Medical Actor, which means I play sick. I get paid by the hour. Medical students guess my maladies.