* UN confirms Syria used heavy weaponry yesterday against Tremseh, killing more than 200. * America's economy rebuilds itself in the private sector, particularly energy. * Katie Couric's face on giant billboards in Baghdad to inspire hope that power outages will stop. * Penn State posts guard at Paterno statue
* BBC World Service bids goodbye to its long-time broadcasting home. * Air conditioning has helped spur economic growth, political development, and obesity. * Kentucky state officeholders must swear they've never fought in a duel. * Popular erotica localized for the USA. * We wear pants because our ancestors rode horses. * Vintage
A trilogy of erotic novels are sweeping America, scheduled to sell 20 million copies this week. Here, a state-by-state guide on how the books are being adapted for local markets.
* "Physician dispensing"—where doctors make bundles by operating in-office pharmacies. * Old records are outselling new ones for the first time since 1991. * Since 1978, shelter in the U.S. rose four times in price, milk doubled, and gas more than quintupled. * Sanctions cause problems for Iran'
* Human rights activist jailed for three months for tweet criticizing Bahrain's Prime Minister. * Conspiracy theories are fun and games until someone thinks you're the Zodiac Killer. * Errol Morris would like to know if you're an optimist or a pessimist. * Glaxo faces $3bn fine for
Our correspondent forecasts the week ahead for five volunteers and discovers an eerie rate of success. Secrets, tips, and truths revealed about how to predict the future.
* The dour Spanish economy explained with charts and numbers. * Kosovo told it can't join the Olympics until it gains admission to the United Nations. * Far-right extremism reaches dangerous levels in Greece. * The allure of combat is a trap, a ploy, an old, dirty game of deception in
* Report shows that drillers' frack water can rise up from more than a mile underground. * Three months later, judge Cunningham explains why there was no fiction Pulitzer this year. * Correspondence between Fitzgerald and his editor over finishing The Great Gatsby. * New game: Was that a quote from Romney or
* Past year in the U.S. has been the hottest since modern record-keeping began in 1895. * Investigation into how Gallup and other polling groups conduct studies. * How America rates countries on their efforts to prevent human trafficking. * Called not black enough, Wayne Brady offers to happily slap Bill Maher
The eyes of the world—even Pippa’s!—were trained on Centre Court at Wimbledon yesterday for the epic final between then-six-time champion Roger Federer (he won, should you live under a rock) and no-time champion Andy Murray, the first Brit in 74 years to reach the
