Headlines from May 13, 2013

People close to Obama noticed two telltale signs he’s been a little down—his low-energy April 30 news conference…and his demand for more campaign-style road trips.
Recent additions to the literary subgenre of Texas secessionist fantasy. #books
Regardless of how you look at it, at all levels, institutions were willing to pay a greater rate for coaching salaries. #sports
Related: Across the U.S., the highest paid public employees are mostly coaches. #maps
Studies show people care more about where their coffee is grown than where their clothes are made, though that may be changing.
Hot-air balloons once ruled the skies, until the dawn of airplanes, which were “primarily weapons of war.”
Sub-Saharan Africa is the riskiest place to be born—it accounts for 38% of the world’s first-day deaths.
India’s rape problem may be part and parcel of a larger problem concerning the lack of toilets and basic sanitation.
Former Guatemalan dictator sentenced to 80 years for genocide that killed more than 200,000 in the 1980s.
Protests in Tel Aviv over Netanyahu’s spending, which includes a $137,744 airplane bed and $2,500 annual ice cream budget.
This is one of the dumbest things people have done. NJ cupcake brand unveils 35,800-calorie model in honor of Bloomberg.
Colorado announces marijuana sales tax: less than cigarettes, more than beer and wine. #drugs
Related: And they don’t take American Express.
New closed-captioning glasses provide breakthrough way for the hearing-impaired to watch movies in theaters.
Microphones changed everything. “How Bing Crosby and the Nazis helped to create Silicon Valley” by Paul Ford.
An analysis of words used on Twitter reveals the happiness difference between Saturdays and Tuesdays. #video
Portraits of community, recreation, and environmental abuse along the riverbanks of Washington, DC’s, Anacostia neighborhood. #tmn
It would be pretty cool to have a whole county named after your great-grandfather. The “Vows” section, explained.
The difference between photojournalism and photography is ethics.
IRS scandal grows from targeting not just “tea party”-branded groups, but also nonprofits critical of the government.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield says goodbye to the International Space Station with a cover of “Space Oddity.” #video
Last week, atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide reached their highest level in human history. #globalwarming
Photos from the village southwest of Buenos Aires that was underwater for 25 years.
“If what these [alien] abductees are saying is happening to them isn’t happening,” Mack demanded, “what is?”
“The internet has made kidnapping easier” and other myths about missing children.
Boston Children’s Hospital psychiatrist barred from practicing medicine after “diagnosing” his patient with “evil spirits.”
Because really, what is there to be afraid of? Behind Chris Ware’s Mother’s Day cover for the New Yorker.
Infidelity site AshleyMadison.com says they see a spike in registrations after Mother’s Day. via
Where economic crisis hits, explosions in egg donation and IVF may follow—such is the case with Cyprus and Spain today.
New legal arguments for how plaintiffs can fight revenge porn.
The new engine behind Google Chrome is named, ironically, after the HTML tag—which it will never support.
I…lack patience with PowerPoint presentations that convey obvious information. Donald Rumsfeld’s meeting rules.
The short workout—“about seven minutes of steady discomfort”—that offers the same benefits as a long run and strength training.
We need radio edits because we need the freedom to create, but also to have the wherewithal to know when to say when. #music
Like most declarations of artistic freedom, it was commercial suicide. The rise and fall and rise and fall and rise of OMD.
At North Korea’s soccer matches, crowds are silent even after goals—the halftime brass bands provide the only sound.