July 10, 2013: Morning
- Japan's Prime Minister Abe endorses Fukishima-grown rice as a part of his "not particularly exciting" campaign.
- At least 106 of 166 prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center now believed to be on hunger strike.
- Mos Def's decision to be filmed while being nasally force-fed is exactly what celebrity is made for.
- Primer on Guantanamo's policies and 166 inmates, 100 of whom are reportedly cleared for release.
- Two House Democrats propose creating a national park on the surface of the moon.
- Covers of Russian popular-science magazine Tekhnika Molodezhi from the height of the U.S.-Soviet space race.
- Union aims to represent civilian drone operators.
- Worst video game ever created—Desert Bus—inspires charitable fundraising.
- Highway Loss Data Institute reports the Ford F-250 has replaced the Cadillac Escalade as the favorite target of thieves.
- For those with New Yorker subscriptions: Lovely Nicholson Baker quest into liquid-crystal technology.
- People who use New York's bike-share program are cheating the system; those who complain help society sustain itself.
- Oklahoma City surgery center posts guaranteed all-inclusive surgery prices online, creating bidding war.
- Texas lawmakers resume debating contested abortion bill, which is expected to pass soon.
- North Carolina Republicans pass similar abortion-clinic measure by attaching it to a bill banning Sharia Law.
- Nearly one-third of French restaurants sell meals "prepared largely or entirely elsewhere."