Headlines from July 1, 2009
- After an eight-month battle, Minnesota declares Al Franken its next U.S. Senator--and seals a filibuster-proof majority.
- Shiite militia leaders in Iraq say the resolve of their backers, hard-liners in Iran, means more orders to step up attacks.
- As troops depart Iraq's cities, U.S. military announces four soldiers were killed in an attack south of Baghdad.
- What's not on the internet: content in Arabic. How to fix that: Type Arabic words phonetically.
- U.N. estimates 8.7 million North Koreans are now going hungry, since donations slowed after the state's nuclear test in May.
- A country is only as good as how it treats its rivers.
- Flush with resources and growing at a strong clip, North Dakota is America's golden child.
- "People wanted bigger weddings, newer carriages." How some Amish got tangled in the run-up to the economic downturn.
- Stunning gastronomic photos from an anonymous food and travel photographer.
- How to make the perfect burger: 30 top New York burger chefs reveal the tricks of the trade.
- Marauding ice-cream trucks, fire-wielding gyro vendors make business difficult for a New York couple's cupcake truck.
- A literal lack of silence is fragmenting the minds of our progeny.
- The differences between solitude, loneliness, and isolation, and how each can affect us.
- BRICs--Brazil, Russia, India, China--continue investing in Africa, looking for benefits in the long haul.
- Chávez finds it sticky linking Obama to the Honduras coup; opposition says he's "the George Bush of Latin America."
- New York dyke "blown away" by the queer party that is Salt Lake; report on Utah's current gay politics.
- Remember the North Korean boat we were following? It turned around, no one knows why, and some feel duped.
- Hawaii senator made a call and got bailout money for a bank where he owns shares--not against the rules, but not pretty.
- Doctors advise against swine-flu parties.
- Today's must-read: Eric Kandel on how psychotherapy can cause stable anatomical changes in the brain.
- Science books to read now; novels to anticipate for fall; summer food-writing classes.
- Ode to a living civil-rights memorial.
- As you could guess, we love The Plimpton Project.
- Video: Ze Frank on the concept of "black and white" from Nixon to Jackson.