Headlines from May 29, 2008
- Forced by hunger, North Koreans escape to China, where criminalization and the need to re-escape await.
- China boycotts all-things-Sharon Stone after comment blaming earthquake on bad karma.
- South African president writes letter "packed with exclamation points," asking Bush to "butt out" of Zimbabwe's election.
- The president shocked onlookers when he decided to give one soldier...the most bizarre salute--a "chest bump."
- On the enduring popularity of the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey, Jr., card.
- A poll on what men would rather do than watch the Sex and the City movie.
- The real-life story of Otto Rahn, member of the SS and the inspiration behind Indiana Jones.
- In Israel, a demonstration against a Christ-worshiping sect of Jews erupts into mass Bible burning.
- The plummeting cost of clothing matches only the soaring price of luxury items.
- Photos of authoritative architecture.
- Lead exposure in children directly linked to arrests for violent crime.
- Frogs in Cameroon are found to break their own bones to make extended, Wolverine-like claws.
- The world's going to hell. Here are some bunny photos.
- New York to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.
- South African officials consider building camps for refugees displaced by xenophobic violence.
- The berry rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors for an hour or so, rendering lemons as sweet as candy. "Flavor tripping" with the miracle berry.
- With food prices on the rise, families turn to Spam.
- No one is going to look up anything the preacher says, cross-check his facts, raise an eyebrow at something that might sound a little off. Infiltrating an evangelical weekend retreat.
- Fossilized embryo proves "dinosaurs of the sea" were giving live birth 200 million years earlier than previously thought.
- Binghamton University's attempt to reconcile the animosity between art and science.
- In the works: the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or NAFTA for iPods.
- Joint Israeli-Palestinian internet start-up bridges divide, builds web-based computer.
- TV chef Rachael Ray pinned as a terrorist sympathizer for wearing "hate couture" keffiyeh scarf.
- Fearing mad cow disease, South Koreans protest in mass numbers as ban is lifted on importing U.S. beef.
- Why 200-word vignettes don't work in a book about World War II.
- Multimedia: Ira Glass on storytelling.