* New York bank soon to start charging negative interest, or fees to hold your cash. * Video: A trip to the wilds of Brooklyn, where the bodega cat reigns supreme. * Air France reportedly staffs Paris-bound Strauss-Kahn flight with all-male cabin crew. * Internal Stasi photos shows masters--and sometimes
He’s passionate. Sympathetically self-destructive. And a lover. What a lover. Baby, he’ll break down your bathroom door. Then again, not to love Indira Varma is a clinical indication of mental trauma. Still, Luther goes too far with love, too. Shame that Luther has such shitty cover art
* Chinese parents whose children were kidnapped by government-sanctioned officials find little justice. * Feds may have let Sinaloa cartel move cocaine into the U.S. in exchange for information on rivals. * Tale of sidekick's botched escape from New York-Albanian mob, recently exploded by police. * New images provide
When I collapsed in public two weeks ago, I could hear everything happening around me, but could barely respond. Making sense of it all was even more difficult.
* Mogadishu included among three new regions added to Somalia's famine. * Gadhafi's son forging an alliance with radical Islamists within Libya's rebels. * Our generation's new collective goal—health—is futile considering the likelihood of, you know, death. * Lesbian couple saved 40 kids from
The USDA recently replaced the almighty food pyramid with a color-coded pie chart. To celebrate our nation’s mixed metaphors about healthy eating, one man decides to spend a month attempting to follow every government recommendation he can find. Nowhere is pie advised.
* Explaining the moon's variable terrain and lopsidedness, scientists say it may once have been two moons. * Quora users collect "some of the most important, iconic, and/or beautiful scientific images." * Texas drought drops lake levels enough to uncover new Columbia wreckage. * Interview with an Amarillo church
Here’s what’s at stake should the economic crisis worsen: welfare states will cut deeper and inflict more austerity measures; there will be a weaker European voice on the world stage; and most importantly, Europe will drift further to the right, into the laps of Europe’s populist far-
The internet can be a really fun cocktail party or a hall of horrors, full of people saying things you don’t want to hear. There’s always at least one day a month when I wish I didn’t know how to use it. Regardless, we can’t go back in time, so we must cope.
* Op: We've always tried to fight invasive species, but they have an important environmental role. * Scientists tempt bees with food, shake them in a box, conclude they may have feelings. * Famous resignations. * Beyond the fake Apple Store, shoppers in China visit knockoff Ikeas, Dairy Queens, and Subways. * Illustrators
