June 4, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Black Americans were nearly four times as likely than whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010.
- Despite last weekend's shooting surge in New York, the city is still experiencing a 23% drop in gun victims over this time last year.
- New York City in 1939, as filmed—in color—by French tourist Jean Vivier.
- Hoboken has changed, and Brooklyn is calling, and so indie-rock mecca Maxwell's will shutter at the end of July.
- Hybrids we wish existed.
- See also: A survey of creatures which foreshadow depression, and their literary origins.
- It will take all the best efforts of a global counterterrorism coalition operating in high gear to disrupt and destroy the rising dark networks spawned by al Qaeda.
- Germany retires its longest word: 63 letters that describe a "law for the delegation of monitoring beef labeling."
- Sensory maps collect the smells of a city, block by block.
- Tumblr of the Day: "Repair Her Armor" properly attires comic-book heroines subjected to skimpy outfits.
- One way we could reduce suicides: Stop packaging painkillers in such large amounts.
- Wyoming teen who built a nuclear reactor in his garage disqualified from science fair for entering too many science fairs.
- Initially expected to survive two years in space, ESA's Martian probe has now been in orbit for a decade.
- Following the death of All in the Family's Jean Stapleton, only a few onlookers visited the Bunkers' Queens row house.
- A spokesman for Michael Douglas claims the actor never said oral sex caused his cancer; the Guardian posts audio to prove otherwise.
- The French quickly discovered that [wine's] mind-altering properties helped them communicate with their Gods and ancestors.
- Related: Non-Expert Todd Levin offers a handy guide—tips, lists, and charts—to choosing wines and playing the connoisseur.