September 25, 2014
- In Syria, a big risk remains that Assad will benefit the most from the American-led air campaign.
- Related: Syrian perspectives on ISIS and the US intervention.
- Obama's shift toward realpolitik can be traced in the evolution of his rhetoric.
- Cameron to apologize to the Queen for saying she "purred" over news that Scotland would remain in the UK.
- British cooks develop a human flesh-flavored burger.
- FBI report shows a spike in "active shooter situations" over the past seven years.
- Liberia and Sierra Leone may face 1.4 million Ebola infections by February.
- Navajo Nation awarded $554 million in a settlement with the Fed over mismanagement of resources and funds.
- Nearly a quarter of new auto loans in 2013 were subprime, with many cars equipped with devices allowing lenders to remotely disable the ignition.
- Heroin cheaper than beer in rural Pennsylvania, where drug deaths claim 15 out of every 100,000.
- The argument to ban frats.
- Fascinating profile of an extreme traveler who hikes thousands of miles until she becomes "a wild thing."
- Steven Soderbergh redoes Raiders of the Lost Ark in black and white, with a new score.
- Eighteen-year-old woman wants to join the Marines.
- First of 40,000 mosquitoes designed to combat Dengue fever released in Rio de Janeiro.
- Actual CIA illustrated guide to "monstrous" clichés.
- See also: Guide to emotional punctuation.