Headlines from October 29, 2013

China does its best to scrub away evidence—both physically and online—of yesterday’s car crash in Tiananmen Square, but images get free.
ABC scrubs clip and apologizes after child on Jimmy Kimmel Live! suggests killing everyone in China.
Related: Excellent remembrance of “Tank Man” and how Beijing citizens kept the army out of the city for 15 days.
Japanese travel agency will send your stuffed animal on vacation and will send you photos of it enjoying itself.
Researchers find that romantic relationships are more likely to last when two individuals have fewer mutual friends on Facebook.
For some reason, her irritation never turned to affection. Man arrested for engaging in the type of behavior found in romantic comedies.
If a super villain wanted to create more unpleasantness and turn rational people into ranting lunatics, he would invent Twitter.
Headlines from important 20th-century events rewritten to get more clicks.
Gardening reduces the risk of a stroke or heart attack in people over the age of 60, according to a Swedish study.
Students and teachers of ethical philosophy don’t seem to behave more ethically when their behavior is assessed using a range of real-world variables.
Proto-spam: Scam letters from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. via
As part of our Halloween traditions, TMN writers and editors complete a classic scary story. #tmn
University publishers, which score a hit if a title sells 800 copies, survive by satisfying their sponsors’ need to publish.
Head of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services apologizes for troubles with HealthCare.gov.
Somewhat related: YouTube Compilation of Eddie Vedder falling down on stage.
Danger Mouse and Stephen Gaghan win doubles-tennis tournament in front of architects at Big Lebowski house with a James Turrell piece inside.
James Turrell’s art is much improved when the artist personally compliments your drab clothing. #tmn
White House poised to ban spying on heads of allied countries; former intelligence director tells leaders to get off cell phones.
Obama didn’t know before the Snowden leaks that the NSA was targeting as many as 35 world leaders.
Brief introduction to the “five eyes” club, where the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand don’t spy on each other.
If you can’t control yourself around the internet, the problem is you, not the technology.
The only way to fight texting-while-walking is to deliberately bump into someone. via
Cross-cultural examinations of what is “cool” finds that it’s hip to be square in Canada.
Taylor has a theory about the economics of chilis: like hemlines, they rise when times are tough.
According to the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, the optimal time to drink coffee is at 2:16pm.
Human remains found Monday at a Los Angeles waste treatment plant believed to be related to human remains found over the weekend at a similar facility.
Federal judge in Texas blocks important part of the state’s restrictive new abortion law, saying measure served no medical purpose.
Moneyed Texas shooting club attempts to save highly endangered black rhino population by shooting one.
Anthropomorphized awards ceremony for the 423 other species in the primate order.
See also: Anthony Lane writes about cats at The New Yorker—which either really is your thing or is not.
I played team sports all through middle in high school, and I can’t think of a single time we were all in the locker room talking about which boys we were totally gonna bone after the game.
Mother leaves sign on stoop for person who stole her son’s pumpkin.
See also: Halloween costume ideas based on actual awful people from history. #tmn
With online marketplace Etsy’s new “handmade in spirit,” policies, vendors can outsource manufacturing.