* Negotiators meet in Switzerland this week to hammer out a framework for an accord over Iran’s nuclear program. * Results expected tomorrow from Nigeria's presidential election, widely lauded as a success. * This year there will be 14 or 15 presidential elections in Africa—two most likely free, eight
The TV series Mad Men is set to begin its final season. Finally we’ll know how many women—and how much Proust—it takes to make Don Draper happy.
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* Despite Netanyahu's denials, NSA documents show evidence that Israel spies on the US. * In private, Scott Walker backs what he can't say publicly: path to citizenship for immigrants already in the country. * Chief fanboy of The Wire President Obama interviews show's creator David Simon.
Whenever lethal injection drugs are unavailable, Utah will allow death-row prisoners to choose death by firing squad, citing it as the most “humane” option.
* Genome sequencing data from Icelanders shows that our oldest human ancestor lived about 239,000 years ago. * Humans are the only animal to suffer from schizophrenia, thanks to our big, complex brains. * Returned US soldier Bowe Bergdahl charged with desertion. * With US forces gone, Yemen quickly becoming a model of
* Nearly a third of the $1.6 billion Fukushima cleanup budget has been wasted through expensive and ineffective technology. * Obama pushes back Afghanistan troop withdrawal until after 2015. * Congress looks to add a permanent slush fund to the budget for war. * From yesterday's Tournament of Books decision, where
Stumbling onto a movie set in Los Angeles—and then staying there for as long as humanly possible—offers lessons in acting and reality.
* The Senate's treatment of Loretta Lynch confirms its anti-Obama pathology. * Cities clamoring to host sports franchises siphon off millions of public dollars, but an Obama budget provision would make incentives illegal. * Related: Sports world imagined without jingoism, racism, sexism, or owners. * What Ted Cruz would need to
The bachelorette party can seem like a crude, commercial ritual. But at its core are emotional ties that bind.
