* Arctic forests are on fire now more than at any point in the past 10,000 years. * Dodger Stadium now serves beer with frozen foam that acts as an insulating lid. * From 2010, Sloane Crosley on sexting. * USC says college student was not raped because her alleged assailant did not
The recent ho-hum reaction to the purchase and ensuing buyback of Frommer’s obscures one key fact: Guidebooks are creators of social change. A defense of their place in the canon.
* White House defends NSA's data-collection programs prior to House's vote today on their legality. * Human rights organization launches poster campaign to find surviving Nazis in Germany. * Comprehensive list of Florida's other "stand your ground" cases. * Florida man, 99 years old, still
* CNN on the royal baby: Kate is "brilliant" for having a boy and "really ticked all the boxes" in doing so. * London mayor: Stop fretting about Germany's reunification—instead, copy it. * Like Luke Skywalker was when I was seven, Brian Eno is a role
* Hundreds of inmates—including senior al Qaeda—escape Abu Ghraib during "military-style assault" against guards. * NSA general says reports of the agency's snooping has been greatly exaggerated and is causing sources to dry up. * Why I love writing code for journalism. * In 2011, 12,300
Much to the chagrin of his former 25-year-old self, a man in his forties—with no singing experience outside the shower—joins the village chorus. Terror, learning, and intense joy, all while making Brian Eno proud.
* UK now requires ISPs to automatically block pornography, unless subscribers request otherwise. * Tumblr bans more search terms to curb porn on its iPhone app. * Pakistan struggles with polio epidemic, but anger over drones hampers prevention efforts. * The race speech Obama didn't make: Detroit's bankruptcy is the
In the instance of slipping, there’s a moment of stillness just before you lose control. Selections from 10 years of a falling man’s self-portraits.
* A sixth college football player joins the lawsuit against using their likenesses in video games without compensation. * The Hudson River is filled with raw sewage and is teeming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. * An oral history of Maxwell's. * Economists find former smokers earn more than smokers or those who
* How the new league of Texas Democrats could return their party to power. * On behalf of New York, Louis Black gives Texas the middle finger. * An interactive guide to the big ideas and biggest blunders of New York's mob of mayoral candidates. * Joe Biden—who might be the
