June 19, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Journalist Michael Hastings, who ended Gen. McChrystal's career with a revelatory 2010 profile, dies at 33.
- Missing Michael Hastings.
- Advice from Hastings to young reporters: "When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence."
- Collected articles by Michael Hastings.
- A survey finds today's bullies sometimes use allergens to threaten classmates.
- Europe struggles to regulate junk-food ads targeting children, but manufacturers keep bending the rules.
- Though our bodies protect against mutations, errors can creep through—some may kill us, or improve us.
- Four regular animals with superhero tendencies.
- Despite a lack of beef, American fast food in India thrives on alternatives that incorporate spices like cardamom and mango.
- Movie trailers are getting faster, with more cuts per minute, every year--with just one outlier: Dr. Strangelove.
- Detroit experiences a rise in private sector companies that hope to salvage the derelict city—but it may be beyond repair.
- Thailand scrambles to crack down on modern monks' extravagant habits—e.g., smartphones and cars.
- Match.com pairs up with the board game industry to attract singles to gaming events at bars and restaurants.
- Maybe good for date night: Matthew Baldwin's rundown of the year's best board games.
- Related: A board game maker loses his house because his Kickstarter was too successful.
- Every sample from Kanye West's Yeezus.
- The Beatles + The Beastie Boys = The Beastles.
