June 19, 2012: Morning
- EU commission president blames eurozone crisis on American banks and capitalism.
- Researchers conclude that robbing banks is a terrible way to make money.
- Greece's Sunday election means it now faces "the sweat of fiscal austerity," but that doesn't mean it's back to the status quo.
- Upcoming Greece-Germany soccer match takes on larger significance.
- Leaked papers show the Vatican to be riven with scandal and greed.
- Vatican number 2 blames leaks on influences of Satan and Dan Brown.
- Entire staff of Facebook laughs while man attempts to protect his personal information from exploitation.
- Long profile of Fiona Apple and her caricature.
- Catch TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin with the Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor Friedberger and David Rees next week in New York.
- 3D printing now makes guitars.
- In the case of jobs data, economic policy makes for mass psychotherapy.
- Apple stores angle their laptops' screens precisely to make you touch them.
- Big pictures of western wildfires.
- Round-up of highlights from latest Heat-Thunder games, including photos of best/worst buddy-cop movie candidates.
- Anthony Bourdain explains how his father made him.
- Ode to clothes loved to death.
- History of the button, which was once a racy necessity for form-fitting clothing.
- Non-Expert Kevin Guilfoile explains why men's and women's buttons are on opposite sites.
- There are 7,000 languages spoken on Earth; one dies every 14 days.