Headlines from August 10, 2012

Behind the glassy smile there was, he assured people, yet more ice. Gore Vidal’s Economist obit.
Images of Olympic defeat. #photos
Explaining the 2012 Olympic oddities, including a probable reason for those blue tongues.
Our latest Weekender: Falling for sports you never knew existed. #tmn
The modern pentathlon: more Star Wars than Peloponnesian.
I thought I would quit running decades ago. Luis Rios has been rounding the Prospect Park loop for 35 years—the past 20 in the same sneakers.
Despite publishing article about “STFU Parents” blog, NYT won’t publish “STFU” in the interest of remaining respectable.
A look at the bestselling books in New York, neighborhood by neighborhood. #books
When fertility rates drop, better economies follow—but the wealthy lower their family sizes faster than the poor.
The seven-string guitar, that’s the real guitar. Its voice sings. That, that is the Russian guitar.
City officials won’t label someone a gang member unless he meets at least two of 11 standards. Why many young black men in the Bay Area are accused of being in gangs. #longreads
The FBI has apparently decided Juggalos are a gang affiliation.
The business of fake IDs is booming—Americans want to drink, Chinese want to use the web.
The Economist drafts Plan B for Merkel in case she wants to reconsider holding the Euro zone together.
Graphic history of money in American politics, from George Washington to Citizens United.
U.S. quickly catching up to Africa’s emergence as cash power, voting bloc, security frontier.
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is now the most popular entertainment for Guantanamo inmates, replacing Harry Potter.
This American Life’s David Rakoff dies from cancer at 47.
Terrorism is political violence that acquires its greatest power when it unnerves a targeted population.
Will of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch bans use of his music and image for advertising.
Food trucks now deployed by Sizzler, Taco Bell, Applebee’s, and The Gap.
Sir Patrick Stewart stars as London’s top Olympics ticket scalper. #video
American runner Manteo Mitchell reveals he ran the last 200m of a Olympic relay with a broken leg.
Pretty good tips from travel pros.
Report on boys who wear dresses and a summer camp for gender-variant children and their families.
Portraits of male friends from the Civil War through the 1920′s.
Yoko Ono recreates book she made at 19 as an answer to her experiences in war-torn Japan.
Film made of many balls. #video
How we pay for college explained in two graphs—it’s largely by federal grants.
Baskerville seems to be the king of fonts. Errol Morris runs test on the effect of fonts on the truth.