June 10, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- All about Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who expects never to see his $200K salary or house in Hawaii ever again.
- An embattled British TV host took the photo used in the PRISM logo.
- Andy Baio finds examples of all the ways state and federal government overuse the "PRISM" acronym.
- Using technology that photographs every piece of mail sent through the USPS, federal agents make arrest in connection to ricin letters.
- West Virginia town eases gun ban, may soon allow weapons at swimming pools, other public areas.
- After Newtown shooting, mourning parents enter into the lonely quiet.
- Yemen has one of the most heavily armed populations, with an estimated average of at least two guns per citizen.
- Skateboarder-turned-photographer Richard Gilligan captures images of DIY skateparks across the U.S. and Europe.
- Arturo Vega, who designed the Ramones' logo and was their artistic director for 22 years, dies at 65.
- TSA agents detain Chewbacca actor for a cane shaped like a light saber.
- Rating at-home wine preservers.
- Japanese microbrewer bets a weaker yen will help sales of local craft brews.
- A brief history of how lobster went from being the food of indentured servants to fine dining.
- Tipping, which began as "a form of trickle-down economics in the 1600s," is now central to the U.S. economy.
- Farming for meat: I wouldn't feel comfortable bringing an animal into existence if it were to have a nasty life and painful death.
