July 19, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Statistics show that for Syria's children, there is no school, no play, no family life—no childhood.
- Arab League throws support behind Kerry's plan to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks—the first in two years.
- Social-media powerhouse Skittles goes silent after George Zimmerman verdict.
- Gawker and its commenters ask black children about their futures, since MSNBC commentator Mike Barnicle won't.
- During renovations last year, a notorious Philadelphia school removed its bars and metal detectors—and serious incidents fell by 90%.
- Heat wave doesn't bother local contrarian.
- An absorbant powder that stores water in the form of gel can almost double agricultural output—and possibly solve global drought.
- BuzzFeed sponsors the Michael Hastings Reporting Fellowship for journalists who want to produce a series on a single subject.
- New in "Press Pause," our Journalism 101 column: How to headline a tornado.
- Jay-Z allegedly dropped the hyphen in his name three years ago—and had an umlaut over the "y" circa 1996.
- Just published: one of Roger Ebert's last reviews, for Computer Chess, "a movie by nerds, for nerds, and about nerds."
- Harlan Ellison isn't dead, even though he thought he was dying, and now he has a new novel.
- New study suggests chimpanzees and orangutans can remember events from as far back as three years ago.
- An oral history of Intervention.
- The town of Soap Lake, Wash., has been trying to build a 60-foot lava lamp for the past 11 years.
- Gymnast throws out an amazing first pitch before a baseball game.
