February 19, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Explainer on the Ukraine protests, violence, and possible EU intervention.
- The Kiev protests are Putin's worst nightmare.
- The most hazardous countries in the world for drivers are also the countries with the least number of cancer-related deaths.
- Dancing animals offer clues into how music has evolved in humans and animals alike.
- The 81st annual Lemon Festival in Menton, France.
- Eating oysters in Paris with Mavis Gallant.
- A cartographic history of how north wound up at the top of the map, when there's no up in space.
- It's not that the fashion industry thinks only white people are beautiful; it thinks that only white—and some Asian—people have money.
- Barbie's CV.
- America's clowns are dying, and new clowns aren't replacing them—membership in clown associations is down across the U.S.
- "Fourth," an interactive guide to the Sochi Olympians who just missed a medal.
- The Onion, "Olympic Village Tour: See Where the Athletes Live, Train, and Fuck Each Other"
- Don't say a word. Just go to the stairs leading up from the foyer and carry my food to the second floor.
- There was nothing in the world like Action Park in New Jersey, and no better place to sustain serious injury or death.
- When college basketball rivalries reach the NBA.
- The week before I turned 43, one of my lower front teeth crumbled to pieces.
