Headlines from May 11, 2011
- Ten years ago, Bush and Musharraf made a deal: U.S. could raid, Pakistan would protest afterward.
- Hitchens on voice in writing and speech now that he has lost his own.
- What happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when the test-taking ends?
- Technocrats who seemed golden in winter now doomed by Arab spring.
- How a Yemeni sheikh paired Osama bin Laden with his then-17-year-old former student.
- Q&A with bin Laden's obituarist.
- Today I am focusing not on the Ayatollah's critical output, but rather his work as a creative author. Dictators' literary output examined.
- Four months after his shocking return, "Baby Doc'' Duvalier appears to be the epitome of life.
- Barbers, dentists, and surgeons were once the same, until barbers were limited to only hair and nails.
- Graphic: Science of toilet paper orientation.
- Ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspaper regrets erasing Clinton from Situation Room picture because it didn't respect Flickr's policies.
- Long read: Leaps in forensic science helps LAPD solve a 23-year-old murder.
- Son accused of killing neo-Nazi father.
- Extremely rare E. woodii--the most solitary organism in the world.
- Restaurant managers prefer smaller groups because they displace business lost from large parties.
- Street report from Havana, where the state is in retreat.
- Finally, Canada has found its own iconic show in a reality-TV obstacle course.
- Reports show U.S. was prepared to battle Pakistani forces if they stood between them and bin Laden.
- A survey of the algorithms that rule the web, and how they affect everything from content farms to sports journalism.
- Charting the path of the Old Man in the Lake, the waterlogged tree bobbing along in Oregon's Crater Lake.
- "I still (perhaps naively) believe in a meritocracy." TMN's Kevin Fanning interviews comic artist Kean Soo.
- Related: Fanning and Soo's collaboration for TMN, "Baby's First Internet."
- While the mechanics are complicated, re-attaching a lower leg backwards appears to have its benefits.
- Video: David Lynch films a commercial for his new line of organic coffee.
- Once shunned by feminists, Tupperware parties symbolized the breakthrough of women into business.
- For nervous politicians, the most dangerous opponent is no longer the secret mistress, but the betrayed ex-wife.
- Uganda reignites domestic debate over the death penalty for "serial offenders" of homosexuality.
- Bible decoder predicts judgement day on May 21; followers look for ways to spend up their savings pre-rapture.
- The final edition of the New York Times--including "When Arson is Justified."
- The final edition of "Barack Obama's Facebook Feed." (Previous editions here.)