Headlines from July 16, 2010
- University of Texas to rename dorm named after KKK member, cuts down sign for now.
- Researchers find Facebook appears to aid, not lower, GPAs.
- Why distant Facebook friends have the most positive influence.
- See also: The politics of Facebook.
- Sociologist believes the MySpace-Facebook exodus is a white flight.
- He's assimilated down to his love of Beyoncé and horn-rimmed glasses. Three stories of immigrants who committed marriage fraud.
- Photographer explores pink--it was once a boys' color and can be used to psych out visiting football teams.
- An explanation of why it's so hard for children to learn colors.
- Why parents are supposed to embarrass their children.
- How poor conditions and the adoption system are creating orphans in Guatemala.
- "If I could kill him and create a new person exactly the same as he is now, I would do so happily." Tolstoy's long-suffering wife.
- Recovering from cataract surgery and unable to read for long stretches, Philip Graham is glad he's not rehydrating in Africa.
- From the attic: The Passion of the Christ blooper reel.
- TMN's Llewellyn Hinkes on music's last big thing: a genre nobody could christen, that died on the vine.
- It's also worth your time, if you like instrumental screaming. An introduction to Laurie Anderson.
- Century-old list of dangerous habits.