May 20, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- After Tennessee Rep. Debra Maggart, a lifelong NRA member, voted against a pro-gun bill, her onetime allies destroyed her.
- Vertical timeline of congressional leanings on gun control.
- If you have a famous ancestor far enough back that finding out about them is a surprise, you share them with a small city of other people.
- Luo Gang was kidnapped at five; at 28, he used Google maps to track down his long-lost family.
- What families around the world eat in a week, and how much they spend.
- From "throw shade" to "tweak" to "hunty," at some point everyone starting using gay slang.
- The stunt cyclists from E.T. helped spawn a generation of BMX enthusiasts.
- I remember the day I knew that the white spaces on the map were the places for me.
- "Crazy" ants that eat other insects and can short out electric wiring set up massive colonies in Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
- After nearly 30 years at the Village Voice, Michael Musto bids adieu.
- Related: Photos from Amy Arbus's "On the Street" column, 1980-1990.
- It was so bizarre seeing food lines in 1980′s rural America.
- When you find out your plane is about to crash.
- If Wes Anderson wrote the Bible.
