June 15, 2012: Morning
- Netanyahu would rather America do the bombing, and he has much more confidence in Romney's belligerence than in Obama's.
- Representative censored for saying "vagina" during abortion discussion.
- Oregon man hospitalized with the plague—on average 11 cases of the disease are reported in the U.S. each year.
- U.S. researchers find graphic images on cigarette packs more effective than text-only warnings.
- Psychologists find social networks, by offering a glimpse at personal lives, add a layer of hurt to estranged family members.
- "Day of the Dad," our latest TMN Weekender—read it here or send it to your iPad, iPhone, or Kindle.
- Turkmenistan counters declining news circulation by mandating state employees subscribe to at least four newspapers and one magazine.
- McCartney at 70.
- Kenya's rose industry that became an environmental disaster is part of a global phenomenon where profit lures the impoverished.
- On this day in 1904, more than a thousand people died when a steamboat capsized in the East River.
- How The Flame Alphabet cover came to be.
- R. Kelly owes nearly $5 million in back taxes.