From Beyond the Grave
Convinced his wife was buried by mistake, a widower insists on unearthing her body. What happens when they open the coffin? As is our Halloween ritual, TMN writers share their own endings to the story.
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October 29, 2013: Morning
* White House poised to ban spying on heads of allied countries; former intelligence director tells leaders to get off cell phones. * Obama didn't know before the Snowden leaks that the NSA was targeting as many as 35 world leaders. * Brief introduction to the "five eyes" club,
Dressed to Kill
Real-life villains to inspire costumes, including the conquistador so horrible the king of Spain made it a crime to say his name.
October 28, 2013: Afternoon
* According to Spiegel research, the NSA and CIA have used the American Embassy in Berlin as a listening station. * The largest business in death care in North America expects by early 2014 to ingest the next-largest chain. * Related: America’s funeral parlors mostly rely on one man to provide
October 28, 2013: Morning
* Nineteen Syrian rebel groups reject participation in peace talks, demand end of the al-Assad government. * No matter what you read in the news, bullying is not on the rise and it does not lead to suicide. * Relatively large, never-seen-before asteroid very likely will not strike Earth on
Spies Like Them
A group of gray-haired representatives from across Europe gather in a central London gentlemen’s club to discuss the United States’ aggressive spying techniques.
October 25, 2013: Afternoon
* Acela passenger spies on former NSA head, live-tweets overheard phone call. * Europeans gather in a London gentlemen's club to discuss the U.S.'s aggressive spying techniques. * Countries that suffer the highest burden of malaria tend to be the least motivated to do much of anything
October 25, 2013: Morning
* Ten countries have three-quarters of the world’s 30 million slaves; Mauritania comes out worst, with an estimated 4% of the population enslaved. * Nearly half of America's middle-class workers say they're not confident that they will be able to retire comfortably. * Iceland is the
October 24, 2013: Afternoon
* It will be the first time that American legislators hear direct testimony from civilian victims of a drone strike. * Because Obama's proposed clean-air rules will only apply to new power plants, the effect will be minimal. * The world's worst cities for outdoor air pollution—Bakersfield
October 24, 2013: Morning
* Hubble finds galaxy 1.3 billion light years away—the most distant cluster of celestial bodies discovered yet. * German Foreign Minister summons the American ambassador to Berlin over allegations the U.S. tapped Chancellor Merkel's cell phone. * Der Spiegel says the NSA and British GCHQ worked jointly to