July 18, 2013: Afternoon
- Taliban official writes letter to Malala Yousafzai to apologize not for shooting her, but for not warning her of their plans.
- A man with Asperger's who loves the MTA has been arrested 29 times for impersonating its employees.
- Shyness is a part of being human. The world would be a more insipid, less creative place without it.
- What if they had a hunger strike, and nobody came to stop it?
- A suffragette recounts being force-fed in 1913: "I felt...a steel gag running around my gums and feeling for gaps in my teeth."
- A surgical pen that can detect cancerous tissue is being tested in hospitals.
- Krugman: As America becomes increasingly homogenous in its desires and habits, the need for trade diminishes.
- Cameras that read license plates capture every single one they encounter, and their data can track your every movement.
- Related: Depending on where you live, the data from license-plate cameras can be stored indefinitely.
- By turning Sears into a free-market, Randian experiment, its CEO has sent the company into a death spiral.
- High school intern at conservative website needles White House press secretary.
- Former Cal State student body president sentenced to a year in prison for rigging school elections.
- For many teenagers, the death of a teen icon is how they learn about mortality.
- Slicing up golfballs reveals beautiful shapes that appear edible.
- See also: Golf is a highly mental game.
- Q&A with a cycling team's chef.