Headlines from July 20, 2010
- Kafka's never-before-seen manuscripts create ownership dispute between his supposed inheritors and Israel.
- Account of the advantages of the beauty bias in every aspect of life.
- Analysts try to crack the identity of whoever bought all the cocoa beans in Europe.
- Judge upholds right to falsely claim a Purple Heart.
- Ecstasy can ease post-traumatic stress symptoms.
- Last summer's swimming holes were Dumpsters in Brooklyn; this summer, Bloomberg's opening them on Park Ave.
- We've been so used to complaining about BP, how will we complain now? Here's some ideas.
- Big Star bassist Andy Hummel dies--it's been a tough 10 months for the Big Star family.
- Former ToB judge David Rees will sharpen two of your pencils for $12.50 apiece--price includes shavings and a limited-edition poster.
- StatGeek analyzes A-Rod's past long balls to determine where his 600th home run will land.
- Sports writers assemble to discuss the only activity that can make you "jump involuntarily out of your seat and roar."
- I know Molly is the real hero, but if not for McCourt and his book, I have no idea where my career would be today.
- Today's must read: Real editors ship.
- Activists fight law requiring jailed women to be shackled during birth.
- Female Afghan governor rejects idea that women should "be sacrificed" in return for a deal with the Taliban.
- Outstanding: Unedited rushes of everything shot by the BBC in Afghanistan over the last 30 years.
- Factory pot farms proposed for Oakland.
- Global warming will be the most important investment issue for the foreseeable future. Global warming in five minutes.
- Obama's fifth Gulf Coast visit really helps a lot.
- America's greening offers a great chance to lampoon contradictory living.
- Humans aren't just a genome--they're "a collective of genomes of hundreds of different species all working together."
- They. Just. Want. Fresh. Blood. Bill Murray gives rare interview and explains why he hates L.A.
- Studies find statements read with a foreign accent are significantly less likely to be believed.
- Explanation of biases that make online reviews inaccurate.
- One-star Amazon reviews of classics, from Catch-22 to To Kill a Mockingbird.
- De Botton: Atheism need not be dull; religions' ambitions can be borrowed.
- Instapaper: Brief history of electoral systems, from the doges in Venice to America.
- "Locked-in" man files for the right to be killed by his wife.
- Capsule-sized thriller contained in a brief article about a New York apartment.
- Nuggets of gold found in Virginia's archive from when Faulkner visited.