Headlines from March 13, 2013
- Tehran wants to sue Hollywood for making films that “propagate fear of Iran throughout the world.”
- To protect against bioterrorism, U.S. buys two million doses of a new smallpox vaccine.
- Google admits unauthorized data collection during Street View mapping, further fueling Google Glass privacy concerns.
- I am willing to spend roughly 15 hours a week as a prisoner of my car. Life as a “megacommuter.” #working
- Fifth amendment issues raised over judge’s decision to administer “truth serum” to James Holmes.
- Boy Scouts of America poll 1.1 million adult Scouts on whether to overturn gay ban.
- Both sides of the Syrian conflict are now recruiting children under the age of 18.
- Children around the world pose with their most prized possessions. #photos
- Climate change is making Canada look more like America.
- Neanderthals died out because their eyes were too big.
- Rare film footage of Salinger, Sexton, and other famous authors. #video
- Gone Girl and Ivyland face off today in the Tournament of Books. #tob13
- Does he go on and on about loving the feel of a real book in his hands? How to spot the homicidal maniac in your book club. #tmn
- Man fired after video surfaces of him wrestling a shark while on extended sick leave.
- A man who doesn’t take such a chance will never be happy again in his life.
- Top security chief says cyber-attacks pose the most dangerous immediate threat to the United States.
- Republicans and Democrats’ proposed budget plans aren’t like apples and oranges; they’re apples and bicycles.
- Public defender who never stops working explains what it’s like to carry 100 cases at a time. #audio
- Window for a two-state solution is rapidly closing, though Israelis remain open to the idea, and Abbas is still a good partner. via
- Obituary for Alan Calhamer, inventor of the game “Diplomacy,” and too nice to be any good at it. via
- “Regards” communicates something akin to “go to hell.” Implications of various email sign-offs.
- See also: What your email’s salutation says about your email’s intentions.
- Last year, Taco Bell sold a million Doritos Locos Tacos a day, and hired 15,000 people to handle growth.
- Wolff: New York’s food is mostly uniform and trendy, but its restaurant culture is nightmarishly complicated. #opinions
- Until Virgin Airlines, it’s as if innovation on the experience of the passenger just stopped in the 1960s. Ideas to improve the flying experience.
- Now available: A remote-controlled Japanese toilet on wheels, in case you want the bathroom to come to you.
- Videos of amateur musicians being pulled onstage to perform with professionals.
- Journalist re-reports and re-writes Bob Woodward book, and finds the facts to be right, but the story to be all wrong. #longreads
- Jimmy Fallon offers teenage girls dating advice. #video
- Woman decides English is limited compared to communication via animated GIF images from Season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race.