June 6, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- White House defends phone snooping as "a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats."
- Tumblr of the Day: "Laid Off From the Sun-Times."
- Boston Marathon spectators file lawsuit against New York Post for portraying them as bombing suspects.
- A new study shows that for many, barefoot running doesn't deliver the results they believe it will.
- New software can predict BMI and risk for certain diseases from a simple headshot.
- With a poverty rate of 21%, Israel has a higher percentage of poor people than Mexico, Turkey, or debt-ridden Spain and Greece.
- Italian soccer has a racism problem.
- At a price tag of $60 million, the most expensive high school football stadium in the U.S. is in Allen, Texas.
- Because Federer lost early at the French Open, the world may finally witness the brilliance of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
- Why sports gamblers target tennis players on Twitter.
- In the first four months of 2013, the U.S. has exported more than $1.7 million dollars worth of bull sperm.
- Artists build sculpture of a giant cube packed with items from a demolished amusement park.
- In Japanese bookstores, there is an art to stacking books.
- Jimmy Fallon's summer "What Not to Read" list.
- Tiny people living in a world of food.
- See also: In Abelardo Morell's "Camera Obscura," see how much of the world can fit through a pinhole.
