Headlines from May 21, 2009
- In the form of a Pentagon report, ammo for keeping Gitmo open: One in seven prisoners returns to terrorism or militant activity.
- Last night, four men were arrested for plotting to bomb Bronx synagogues and use antiaircraft missiles to down military planes.
- Health officials confirm that, due to fallout from the 1918 flu, people born before 1957 appear to have some immunity to swine flu.
- "No matter which way the cases go, they mishandle it." U.N. struggles to free itself from sexual harassment complaints.
- New report details 60 years of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse suffered by ten of thousands of children at church-run orphanages in Ireland.
- A quarter of a million Tamils face two years of internment in squalid camps as Sri Lanka attempts to find and prosecute Tiger fighters.
- Bloomberg's reelection campaign team is a $155,000-a-day mercenary army with no one to fight.
- The poorer you are, the more things cost. More in money, time, hassle, exhaustion, menace.
- Wire creator David Simon reveals more details about his new series, Treme, set in New Orleans.
- Even scent-art enthusiasts doubt that fragrance can claim a place alongside painting, sculpture, and music. Opera with smell-o-vision will debut May 31 at the Guggenheim.
- The Guggenheim, Fallingwater to be the first sets released in the LEGO Frank Lloyd Wright series. (Images here)
- Planters, complete with live plants, and a fountain that Wright installed in the rotunda are back in use. The Guggenheim turns 50.
- U.S.'s three biggest trading partners see steep declines, reducing the market for U.S. exports and opportunities for investment.
- Strong demand and robust pricing for riskier companies hints at a latent desire by investors to put money to work.
- Profile of Homeland Security's whiz-bang gizmo department.
- Op: Wetsuits are the steroids of competitive swimming.
- Fringe parties to benefit from Britain's widespread disgust with Parliament (Giles Turnbull's explainer).
- Gambia's Excellency President Professor Dr. Al-Haji Yahya Jammeh appparently instituted witch hunt, killing six so far.
- Interesting account of studies on gesture, where waving your hands may help you think.
- Studies find living abroad may give you a creative edge.
- Terraces for drinking in Paris this spring.
- Prepare to read Infinite Jest this summer.
- Shakespeare lovers of all kinds miss much more of Shakespeare's basic meanings than they tend to suspect.
- If you like Richard Prince, contemporary art, and copyright-infringement debates, you'll love this.
- Short film: Sorry I'm late.