To celebrate the release of Rosecrans Baldwin’s Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down, we’re giving away copies of the book to the creators of our favorite remixes of the Paris cover. For those of you addicted to creating internet memes, this contest is your
Risen from the streets of Eastern Europe and squalid New York City, bagels now hold a seat at middle- and upper-class breakfast tables everywhere. A look back from a baker with 50,000 “golden visions” under his belt.
* Study finds Congress is more polarized than at any time since Reconstruction, and getting worse. * Photos of President Obama hoisting big sticks. * Gordimer: South Africa's proposed new secrecy measures stand only to conceal corruption and harm society. * Gingrich and Edwards were recently a few dozen miles apart—and
* Dozens wounded after suicide attacks in northwestern Syria. * One World Trade Center to become New York's tallest building at some point soon. * France likely to replace Sarkozy with a milky citizen king. * Report from the rust belt of France. * In India, solar energy is well on its way
* After a dramatic week of political history, the Dutch cobble together austerity measures. * Rodrik: National interests are slaves to economists' ideas and their influence on policymakers. * Billionaire says Titanic II should be ready to sail in 2016. * When you look at America, you have to concede that we have
Every Friday we take a look back at the week’s headlines, centering on a theme we’ve singled out as particularly important. From the difficulties of dealing pot or having too much to read and learn, to being the biggest working comic without being famous, it’s never as
* Spanish unemployment hits new record high, and Spain gets its sovereign debt downgraded. * South Africa's Kulula airline offers deal for polygamists, “Fourth Wife Flies Free." * Research roundup on swearing—everyone knows how, but it still isn't becoming more frequent. * Nature loves biological weapons, and we
* Blind legal activist escapes house arrest in China, now hiding somewhere in Beijing. * Qiu Xiaolong: Bo Xilai never returned my favorite red Double Happiness Ping-Pong racket. * China's ruling Communist Party's People's Daily website debuts on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, surges 78% on its
* Hague finds Charles Taylor guilty of aiding Sierra Leone war crimes. * Forty thousand Norwegians gather to sing children's song despised by Norwegian killer. * Then-and-now photo feature by the LA Weekly looks at the LA riots 20 years later. * Clean Air Act credited for 10-year low
Tornado season is a distant concept for most people. For some, it’s a scary but known part of life. Then there’s what happens when one of the South’s deadliest storms in history destroys your house.
