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Headlines from July 26, 2012

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture expects food prices will jump next year due to Midwest drought.
As the U.S. faces the worst drought in 50 years, experts address how we can prevent another Dust Bowl.
New study of hunter-gatherer tribe elevates diet over exercise in fighting obesity.
Washington State’s whooping cough epidemic: a 13-fold jump since this time last year.
Though Kim Jong-un’s new wife’s name is known, her identity remains a mystery.
Study uncovers NYPD’s consistent violations of basic rights during Occupy protests. #ows
He used to run to the window and wave. New Yorker recalls growing up in The Jeffersons’ building.
A filmmaker’s quest to recover $13,000 worth of equipment left in the back of a NYC taxi. #video
Good morning Miami! Here everything lies naked and visible before God. Kim Kierkegaard’s Twitter.
The Old Germanic word “fart,” meaning “not in delicate use,” has existed since time immemorial.
Jen Doll visits R. L. Stine 20 years after the first Goosebumps was published.
Obama calls for greater common sense in gun-control policies, but offers no details.
Former boy soldier calls for global treaty to regulate trade in arms.
New Fiat features an espresso machine that only brews when the car is stopped.
Pictures from a German’s 23-year road trip in a single car.
RIP, alpinist Roger Payne.
Try as we might, we can’t find a way to tell a sound causal story about the origins of the universe.
Report on persuasion techniques—“foot in the door,” “door in the face.”
Physicist explains how to firewalk safely (in theory).
Slave ancestry does not play a large part in black athletes’ Olympic success.
The record of the doings of the American team is practically an account of victory unrelieved by defeat. Englishman reports from the first modern Olympics, 1896.
Artist recreates 1844 photograph in a time-lapse movie. #video
New York maitre d’ explains how to avoid racial segregation when seating tables.
Mayor writes letter to Chick-fil-A’s president, saying Boston doesn’t want his business.
College president explains what it’s like to be told that your visiting scholar is a war criminal.
Celebrities read mean tweets about themselves. #video