July 19, 2012: Morning
- Clashes overnight with many killed across Syria after the death of three ministers.
- Slideshow of photographs from Hamas's summer camp.
- No new malls have been built in the United States since 2006.
- U.S. does surprisingly well on list of countries measured for sedentary lifestyle—unlike Malta.
- Man acquitted of public indecency after being arrested for stripping naked at airport security.
- Airport security stops man with world's biggest penis.
- French lawmakers catcall minister in a floral dress—later defend catcalls as whistles of admiration.
- Pictures of peepers spying on lovers in Tokyo parks in the '70s.
- Japanese women's soccer team—World Cup winners—flew coach to London on the same plane where the men's team flew business.
- High-quality trailer of Paralympians.
- Elitism benefits countries who want gold medals.
- How audio engineers create the sounds that make the Olympics exciting.
- Mexican teen kicks off our new global series of reporting on summer reading.
- Video evidence that "Mr. Wizard" occasionally needed a chill pill.
- "Absolute hell" of Scott's Antarctic quest revealed in letters from youngest explorer to his mother.
- Researchers can deliver oxygen to a patient's organs via gas-filled microparticles even when her lungs don't work.
- Oxytocin, so-called "love hormone," also causes xenophobia and prejudice.
- Sonnets app reveals benefits of the iPad for Shakespeare study.
- Tribute to Judd Apatow's college sitcom Undeclared.