Headlines from June 9, 2010

Book owners have smarter children.
As publishing means proliferate, the idea of writers being alone with their words is increasingly absurd.
Jim Carrey requested 217 during the filming of Dumb and Dumber, but checked out--so the story goes--after only three hours. A trip to Stephen King's hotels.
If you like to count Indians on TV, then right now you're doing a lot of counting.
The story behind the prop newspaper that keeps finding its way onto film sets.
Israel makes hard and soft efforts with China to win sanctions on Iran.
Political center shows strength after primary night in multiple states.
Big Rolling Stone piece blames Bush and Obama for allowing "the world's most dangerous oil company [to] get away with murder."
Obama insists his Gulf vists are not academic, but to find out "whose ass to kick."
Map the oil spill on top of your town.
Instapaper: Trends suggest modern society will be (better) ruled by women.
Worry-free carbon footprint data--e.g., buying a book is better than being cremated.
U.S. delays report detailing Mexican cartels' mastery of producing and exporting meth.
Brief documentaries of Toronto food professionals.
How six elitist customers and the similarity of beef and tuna led to tuna tartare.
Sandra Lee refuses to leave her trailer to speak about tuna.
Billiards was a good game, but not as good a game as painting. Lapham on American sports.
Op: Nothing kills the joy of soccer like a bunch of wailing vuvuzelas.
History of the vuvuzela (South Africa's soccer horn).
Various San Francisco crime statistics rendered as vertical peaks.
Four-year documentation of the British underground (some pictures NSFW).
Video: Underwater base jump; New York sidewalk's tourist lane.