September 1, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Happy Labor Day: Hourly wages have flatlined over the past five years.
- Sweden becomes the first Nordic country with a case of suspected Ebola—UPDATE: It's been ruled out.
- About half of the Syrian population has been displaced by the nation's civil war.
- South Africa attempts to control post-coup chaos in Lesotho, a tiny, landlocked country within its borders.
- Israel announces plan to seize 400 hectares of Palestinian land, its largest expropriation in 30 years.
- Under current building regulations imposed by Israel, it will take about 20 years to rebuild the Gaza Strip.
- Related: Gravediggers are literally digging their own graves in Gaza.
- Ancient diets from Bolivia to Malaysia.
- Five hundrede years of female portraiture.
- Jasper Johns's assistant of 25 years pleads guilty to stealing and selling his art.
- Scottish man arrested for trying to sell his vote on Scotland's independence on eBay.
- John Severson, gnarly wave master, reflects on surf culture.
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's unpublished chapter goes live 50 years after publication.
- Clogging, golf-cart sex, and pride fests come standard at The Villages, America's rowdiest retirement home.
- The untold story of Chinese labor during World War I.
- Remembering MSN Messenger, the latest addition to the tech graveyard.
