Headlines from July 26, 2010
- Germany's Love Parade permanently cancelled after 19 died in an overcrowded tunnel.
- Biological explanation of why the poor make different life decisions from the rich.
- In the Bronx, Ian Frazier observes a sculpture kept graffiti-free with a battery-powered sander.
- There are four stations in the tree, and you can do them in any order you want. Meet a champion tree climber.
- See also: Ralph Gamelli teaches us how to climb a tree.
- Insecure people are more likely to have health problems.
- We just have to get my lawyer's approval to begin our torrid affair. Today's Don Draper.
- Following the McLuhan flap, how Mad Men avoids anachronistic language.
- For this month's "Of Recent Note," tell us what you've learned from your summer job--from now or in years past.
- The early history of swearing in comics--"aka grawlixes, aka obscenicons."
- An interview with the winner of India's contest to design a new rupee symbol.
- GQ's food correspondent takes a pilgrimage to understand ethical eating.
- Comparison of dried meats around the world.
- Afghan war logs: "Pakistan aids insurgency"; "innocents pay the price"; "well, we knew as much."
- Over 75,000 secret reports, the war logs are one of the U.S.'s biggest leaks.
- Initial roundup of logs-related links.
- After BP admits Photoshopping its cleanup pictures, contest announced for improved photo montages.
- Hertzberg: All hail the Post's investigation into intelligence bling.
- Mexican prisoners allowed to leave for hit-man jobs and use guards' weapons and vehicles.
- Proposed U.K. program allows reduced sentences for felons who apologize to their victims.
- Why people hit roadside police cars: very large exposure numbers.
- Sam Anderson follows James Franco into a men's room and reports on whether Franco's hyperactive life is for real.
- Video: Trailer posted for You Lost Me There, TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin's first novel being published Aug. 12.
- The Report by Jessica Francis Kane named Barnes & Noble Discover book; Amazon picks Anthony Doerr's Memory Wall as a best of July.
- Almond: I should be grateful to the Times for trashing my book; I'm not.
- Politico calls South Carolina the whoopee cushion of the nation.
- Star found in neighboring galaxy is 265 times the mass of our sun.
- Wine snobbery, even in jest, isn't really understood here. Tasting and smuggling notes from Kabul.
- Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer 1844 sells for $44 in China (see brewer interview).
- Scottish brewery concocts world's strongest beer, served in a stuffed stoat or squirrel.