* Explainer: Israeli and Palestinian preconditions for talks. * Interactive tracker of the Obama administration's economic, domestic, and foreign policies. * Senate's MAPLE Act would make sales of fraudulent syrup punishable by five years in prison. * It's fall, it's football season, therefore TMN recommends for
Cruising and boozing around Uzbekistan, a Canadian reporter winds up in a place that gives no logical reason to visit, where the question “why?” has no answer. Fortunately, virtual travel remains risk-free, except for all the beer.
We asked you to show us how close the recession is to your doorstep, and here’s our first submission, straight out of Big D: Name: Lindsay Graham Location: Dallas, Texas Recovery/downturn: I have NO idea whether this is recession or recovery, but it’s unsettling nonetheless. (An unrepaired
* Iraq vet hospitalized with skull fracture after being hit by an Oakland cop's tear-gas canister. * Occupy protesters aren't upset about Wall Street's riches—they're angry about Wall Street's cheating. * What to make of the Euro deal. * Sikhs in northern
* Pictures of floodwaters in Bangkok, which will be incredibly vulnerable if protective dikes fail to hold. * South Africa supports Palestinian bid for U.N. membership. * Update on nationwide Occupy protests. * Development of Greek government debt as measured by the gap between Angela Merkel's fingers. * Chart explains ad agency
“Guess who my new wife is,” my friend IMed me one morning. This was not an unusual way to begin a conversation. His previous wives had included Minka Kelly from Friday Night Lights, and Lenny Kravitz’s daughter, Zoe. None of them were his actual wife, whom he had been
* Oakland police disperse hundreds of Occupy protesters with tear gas and flash bombs. * World power swinging back to America. * Occupy Wall Street movement's library includes science fiction and Chomsky. * In case you missed it: poetry at OWS. * Six men to simulate Mars mission inside a rocket stand-in
Across the country, in cities large and small, trees are being hacked, whacked, and chopped into unnatural shapes in the name of the power company. An illustrated catalog of abuse.
* Rick Perry doubles down on birtherism, catering to majority of likely GOP primary-goers. * U.S. fears terrorism in Africa. * France to aid Kenya's intervention into Somalia. * Advertising is evil. * Favorite long-term data sets: prize-winning fishing catches; dates of Japanese festivals; continuous plankton collection. * Ian Frazier
Late last month the artist Bob Cassilly was killed in an accident on the grounds of Cementland, the 54-acre disused cement factory near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers in St. Louis that he was transforming into something uniquely fantastic. Since 2000, more than 182,000 truckloads
