When the Town Stops Burning
For 50 years, a fire has been raging in mining tunnels beneath Centralia, Pa. With the town mostly evacuated long ago, what’s left? Mostly journalists and other outsiders looking in.
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April 11, 2012: Afternoon
* Norwegian mass murderer Breivik declared sane after second psychiatrist evaluation. * About to deploy on his fourth tour to Iraq, a Marine vanished into the Montana wilderness, and clues as to why are slowly emerging. * "Beware of muses who promise unrealistic timelines" and other tips to improve your writing.
Misogyny Soup
Have you thought about the patriarchy today? It’s still happening, you know. It was, and is, everywhere, especially literature. Here is some proof, via condescending love letters and “New Yorker” articles. Sorry to be such a bummer.
April 11, 2012: Morning
* After reclaiming the top Google search result for his name, Rick Santorum ends his presidential campaign. * Bush: "I wish they weren't called the Bush tax cuts." * The newspaper industry may be saved by wealthy local patrons. * Researchers suggest a good economy creates fewer caregivers and thus
April 10, 2012: Afternoon
* Iran plans to create its own internet. * Egyptians, upset presidential candidate is out over citizenship dispute, turn to Obama's Facebook page. * Boys choir struggles with the ultimate foe: puberty and deepening voices. * Ad execs panic when study finds consumers in their 20s switch media formats nearly 30 times
Come as You Are
To be a male clothing wearer in the early 21st century, you must do what men do, and wear trousers, whether or not the style fits you. Lessons in breaking through fashion anxiety to find yourself—in a pair of Comme des Garçons drop-crotch pants.
April 10, 2012: Morning
* There's time to figure out how to fix climate change, rather than wait for it to kill off 40% of living species. * Typically blamed on human ineptitude, the Titanic disaster may have been caused by rare states of nature. * Between 1912 and 1913 more than a hundred songs
April 9, 2012: Afternoon
* Crowds filled the streets outside newspaper offices—and outside the Lower Manhattan base of the Titanic's owner, the White Star Line. * Titanic wreckage discoverer says more needs to be done to protect it from damage. * Though luxurious for its time, the Titanic had cramped rooms and no rock-
April 9, 2012: Morning
* China launches an association to reduce trade friction of rare earths, of which it controls 95% of the world's supply. * U.S. physician groups identify 45 common tests and procedures with no proven benefit for many patients. * With the rising prevalence of cochlear implants, deafness is now largely
April 6, 2012: Afternoon
* At Greece's behest, Macedonia unlikely to get NATO membership until it drops "Republic of." * Why computers aren't helping Peru's classrooms. * Kenyan village police chief fights crime with Twitter. * Young scions of the one percent opt out of family businesses, become tech investors.