May 14, 2014

• Turkish mining disaster kills more than 200, with 200-plus others thought to be still underground.
• US planes start flying missions to find the more than 200 Nigerian teenage girls abducted by Boko Haram almost a month ago.
• Eight days ago, Boko Haram destroyed the small Nigerian town of Gamburo, killing 375.
• Britons do so much cocaine that traces of it have been found at four different UK water-inspection sites.
• Door handles in Starbucks designed to maximize profits, just like every other aspect of the stores.
• Lists of active and defunct trademarks often used generically: Q-Tip, Ping Pong, Beer Nuts; yo yo, heroin, escalator.
• Capitalism has sucked the joy out of purposeless bicycle riding.
• After a near-fatal encounter with a New York taxi, a commuter gives up daily cycling.
• Future citizens deserve a vote at the present ballot box.
• Karl Rove insinuates that Hilary Clinton has a traumatic brain injury.
• Ohio counts 68 cases in a measles outbreak that started after Amish missionaries returned from the Philippines.
• After much secrecy, new book debuts where the author says a search for his father turned up the Zodiac Killer.
• Former Marin County kid anticipates Sicily-style lynchings if California doesn't figure out how to fix "Big Water."
• The best work of Ellen Willis—the New Yorker's first rock critic—from the perspective of her daughter.
• Cubs join Phillies and Braves in having lost 10,000 or more games; Pirates are up next with 55 more losses.
• In 900 words, the Atlantic untangles whether it's better to be miserable together, or alone.
• VICE dedicates entire issue to a giant story about the war in South Sudan.
• Associated Press tells writers to keep stories between 300 and 500 words.