Headlines from June 8, 2010
- Oil spill reaches Louisiana pelican sanctuary, founded to help save the state bird from endangerment.
- The story of an Atlanta man whose charmed life was cut short by H1N1, and who departed in a Viking funeral.
- "When you see people...carrying McDonald's bags and an X-box 360...that's a clubhouse, not a pharmacy."
- In restaurants, exposed filament light bulbs--which can use 10 times the power of other bulbs--are passé, but CFLs make your date look anemic.
- Strangers' opinions of potential partners affect dating choices.
- Experts express concern that advanced brain scans can read minds, predict crimes still uncommitted.
- Real letters to fictional characters, e.g., Holmes, Meursault.
- Another terrifying Nixon-era children's book: life in neglected Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
- As it turns out, last year's "Twitter revolution" in Iran never happened.
- The Times tests your focus, multitasking abilities.
- Drivers who put bumper stickers and other decorations on their vehicles are 16 percent more likely to engage in road rage.
- Concealed weapons help lobbyists, journalists hack long lines at the Texas State Capitol's metal detectors.
- Beginning in May, Alabama fire chief began his own anti-spill plan, defying BP and bureaucracy.
- Kim Jong-il oversees government shake-up, consolidating power to squash flourishing private markets.
- China offers rare complaint after a North Korean border guard kills three people.
- Hass: China will continue to dominate headlines; turn to its poetry for human glimpses.
- Instapaper for the commute: Socialism is the anti-Semitism of intellectuals.
- Interview with South African soccer legend Jomo about sea changes in politics and football.
- Army analyst arrested for leaking the helicopter-attack video.
- Chabon: Now is the moment for Jewish people to recognize the eternal truth of our stupidity.
- I've seen thousands of doctors over my lifetime. Ozzy Osbourne becomes a health columnist.
- David Foster Wallace foresaw the iPhone 4 and predicted we'll quickly tire of video-chat.
- Brief history of musicians requesting that Republicans quit playing their songs.
- Guide to Tortoise's greatest non-hits.
- For around $200 you can be the proud owner of Titian's [palette]. Survey of artists' palettes.
- Maps showing which parts of cities are photographed by tourists, which by locals.
- Stephen Fry judges the most beautiful Tweet to be a pretty good joke about rocks and dirt.