June 17, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Brief profiles of victims from this weekend's gun violence in Chicago, which left seven dead and 41 wounded.
- More violent clashes in Istanbul; Erdogan talks of foreign conspiracy, blaming the BBC and CNN.
- If you are Hawaiian, how do you seduce Barack Obama? Do you stroke his heart strings?
- China spending more than $600 billion a year to move 250 million rural residents into newly constructed cities.
- Norway is the best place to be a father.
- Der Spiegel grills three architects responsible for disastrous construction sites in Germany.
- Study finds countries that legalize prostitution report larger inflows of human trafficking.
- New Mexico, which began issuing licences to illegal immigrants in 2003, saw a 23% decrease in traffic deaths between 2002 and 2010.
- The scale and speed of synthetic drug development make for at least one new high per week.
- America's 50 worst charities include Kids Wish Network, which raises millions but spends less than three cents on the dollar helping children.
- India's telegram service, established in 1854, to end this July.
- Malcolm Gladwell on failure.
- The "big five" orchestras no longer add up, undone by budget woes and “the great western migration.”
- Patton Oswalt on joke thieves, hecklers, and rape jokes.
- Related: Report from the International Society for Humor Studies Conference, where academics attempt stand-up in front of comics.
- Face Slimmer Exercise Mouthpiece from Japan alleges to turn back the clock on your “sagging facial skin and muscles.”
- Global ambient sounds, from Dutch fog horns to the Vancouver soundscape.
