July 15, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Trials like this one can never...act as moral surrogates to resolve the national debates they trigger.
- David Simon takes to his blog after the George Zimmerman verdict.
- Must-read: Louis Menand on voting rights and the Southern way of life.
- Vallejo, Calif., is the most diverse city in the U.S.—400 miles away, Huntington Park is the least diverse.
- In Tamil Nadu, India, fake courts collect money by pretending to be human rights organizations.
- In Zimbabwe, where corruption thrives, mothers-to-be are charged $5 every time they scream while giving birth.
- A year after issuing wearable video cameras, the Rialto, Calif., Police Dept. used force nearly 60 percent less often.
- Former handyman of Picasso estate allegedly stole more than 400 artworks over two years.
- Fantasy sports player turns his hobby into a career—he's already earning more than he did as an investment analyst.
- In spite of all our gadgets and progress, a six-hundred-year-old book remains unreadable and unread.
- In response to a letter from Take Back the Night's lawyers, Timberlake's agent apologizes, says they'd never heard of the group.
- Study: Anxiety resolved by thinking about it real hard.
- Photographer Marc Erwin Babej explores the nexus of plastic surgery, beauty, and evolutionary psychology.
- You're just a prism that takes bits of light and sound and channels them into The Cloud.
- In honor of the 500th episode of This American Life, 10 of the best of the past 499.
