Headlines from August 31, 2010
- Investigators find L.A. County officials have covered up "potentially dozens" of child deaths from abuse or neglect.
- Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990; 20 years later, the U.S. withdraws forces from Iraq; who won?
- "It doesn't mean people just start running around and killing each other." Houstonians are still conflicted about Katrina.
- Despite scientists' best efforts, bedbugs won't transmit disease--the AIDS virus died in them, hepatitis B didn't take.
- Jezebel readers tell their worst masturbation stories.
- From the attic: Non-Expert Eric Feezell guides a parent back from the shock of walking in on her son during a private moment.
- A California beach community attracts creative "vandals" when it erects a surfer statue.
- As logophiles mourn the O.E.D.'s print death, a comparison of the various online dictionaries.
- How almanacs and calendars--not literature and Bibles--have saved the failing print market.
- Originally used for sacrifice, perfume is the cornerstone of art, market, and culture.
- Amidst war, India fights to save Afghanistan's art.
- Stories of panhandlers offered credit cards, and what they purchased.
- There's a genetic component to the willingness to take surveys.
- Airline passengers detained for possible terrorist dry run; Pakistani two-star general yanked off flight for "inappropriate remarks."
- Methods behind the making of tables of tide times and heights.
- "World's most high-profile climate change skeptic" to U-turn and advocate for spending $100 billion annually.
- State Dept. spokesman taunts North Korea via Twitter.
- Following her opposition to death-by-stoning, Iran calls Carla Bruni a prostitute.
- Fierce Spiegel interview with Iran's foreign minister.
- Sponsored contest: Enter to win this week's Tom McCarthy giveaway!
- Spotlight finds the "Green Book," travel guide for African-Americans that lasted 30 years.
- Popular tourist destinations, in general, don't develop in impoverished neighborhoods. Tourist visits Baltimore's Poe House.
- Paris Review editor Lorin Stein explains how the magazine does its author interviews.
- Birnbaum v. Egan, Mitchell, Remnick.
- Late to this comic, but still, "The American Dream."
- Pop science! Heavy drinkers live longer than teetotalers!
- Just in case: TMN's best hangover cures.
- Tampa Bay Rays, Alan Cumming, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones have decided to bring back plaid.
- Instapaper for the commute: Memories of motorcycles I have ridden.
- Never mind accidents, calling while driving harms relationships because of communication delays.