Headlines from March 25, 2013

Seven executed bodies posed on plastic chairs with cryptic warning found near traffic circle in Uruapan, Mexico.
Related: Dentist rehydrates corpses to identify victims and investigate murders in crime-ridden Ciudad Juárez.
The untold side of the immigration story: Well-off families escaping violence in Mexico must prove the origins of their wealth.
The living world is a restless, churning enterprise in which nothing endures forever. In defense of extinction.
Now that we know eating the right kinds of fat can save your life, we should eat its most delicious options. #opinions
The more comfortable our kitchens become, the greater risks they pose to our health. #opinions
Every year, more than a million people experience “patient harm” at a hospital—some will recover, others may develop PTSD.
For the same illnesses, men and women display symptoms differently and heal in different ways. #health
When your brain is tied to your phone, it’s not connecting with your heart.
How one ESPN announcer practices speaking to avoid swearing on air during college basketball games.
I did a lot of research about the legalities of owning and operating a firetruck privately.
Duct-tapes his running shoes to get another couple of miles out of them. More signs of the new pope’s humbleness. #tmn
The best and worst of 1970s America. #photos
The man who uncovered Syrian weapons trafficking from his laptop 3,000 miles away.
Related: A virtual trip to Zarafshan, Uzbekistan. #tmn
Game of Thrones is more brutally realistic than most historical novels.
Let it take you all over the place. Jason Molina, who died last week, writes an encouraging email to a fellow songwriter.
Derek Watkins, the trumpeter who’s played on every James Bond soundtrack, dies at 68.
One reason to expect some kind of victory for marriage equality in this week’s Supreme Court hearings: Justice Kennedy.
Republicans see fundraising opportunities in New York, Florida, and California if they back gay marriage.
From November 2012, Alex Ross on the gay community’s political progress in his lifetime and earlier. #longreads
Webcomic: Twenty-five-year-old chronicles his adventures into the world of gay.
America’s energy needs could be met by renewables right now; the problem is the politics.
Human-rights groups want Guantánamo Bay’s prison closed, not expanded; renovation estimated to cost $195.7 million.
Human cannonballs travel between 75 and 100 feet at a force of seven g, and generally don’t remember much about the flight.
Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton currently sleeping in public at MoMA on occasion.
Cultural impresario, intellectual provocateur, voice of a continent: Chinua Achebe dies at 82.
President of impoverished Central African Republic flees as rebels seize presidential palace.
Today’s white paper: “The Floor Effect: Impoverished Spatial Memory for Elevator Buttons.” via
In Hale County, Alabama, 1 in 4 working-age adults is on disability. On the day government checks come in every month, banks stay open late.
I just talk to people and see where it takes me. Q&A with travel writer who’s attempting to hitchhike to all 50 states on privately owned planes.
Developers who create touchscreen software for children explain their own concerns and rules as parents.
Tokyo café lets customers rent laser cutter and 3d printer so they can make gummi versions of themselves.
Texas Monthly magazine appoints its first barbecue editor; health implications reportedly not discussed during hiring.