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August 19, 2011: Morning
* Convicted UK rioters receiving 25% longer sentences—one got four years for inciting violence on Facebook. * U.S. to review 300,000 illegal immigrant cases, dismiss deportation for those who pose no threat. * Libya's DC embassy reopens under TNC, who wants to unfreeze Gadhafi's assets, purchase
August 18, 2011: Afternoon
* UN indicts Hezbollah for assassination of Lebanon's Hariri. * Life in Ethiopia is not all famine. * Recent statistics about American drinking: wine ties beer. * According to studies, weed doesn't make you stupid, but may improve your imaginative powers. * New interpretive system Veritas turns sentences blue when they&
Safely, From a Distance
Four years ago, I bought a bottle of white wine, a pack of Parliaments, and muscled my way into the world of online dating. After years of being a stubborn holdout, I had finally committed to the possible discomfort of coffee with strangers. What I had not anticipated, however, was
Going Postal Goes Abroad
From 2011, knowing the history of the phrase “going postal” helps us understand how America exports killing sprees to angry young men worldwide.
August 18, 2011: Morning
* Defense Dept. report finds Army did not properly test body armor, may have substandard field protection. * Downgraded by Fitch, New Jersey's credit is now the third-worst in the U.S., ahead of California and Illinois. * Capybara, the world's largest rodent, is now roaming California'
Talk Less Shit, Be More Anal
Case one: Speculation regarding France’s creditworthiness last week led to French shares losing 15 percent of their value. Something was responsible for fears of French exposure to Eurozone debt. NPR traced the possible source of the rumors to the Mail on Sunday, which published a piece questioning the liquidity
August 17, 2011: Afternoon
* President Bachmann's foreign policy. * For desk-bound Sherlocks, a real-life Australian beach mystery from 1948, "one of the world’s most perplexing cold cases." * Mid-week short fiction: "Village 113," from TMN contributor Anthony Doerr's award-winning Memory Wall. * Color of
A Little Off
Just when companionship is the last thing you want at the hair salon, in walks Barry—who frankly couldn’t give two licks what you want.
August 17, 2011: Morning
* Local flavor may be lost as agricultural pageants become a path to Miss America. * Original Village People lead singer disputes work-for-hire claim, seeks rights to "Y.M.C.A." * WSJ: "Abercrombie and Fitch offers to pay 'The Situation' to stop wearing its clothes.