Headlines from July 15, 2010

Running from violence, 40,000 people have fled their homes in DR Congo since June.
Afghans to form local forces--"not militias"--to fight Taliban insurgents in remote areas.
Argentina becomes first country in Latin America to legalize gay marriage.
Alabama's Tacky Jacks preps for its first "Wet POTUS contest!
Pictures of a Chinese ghost town.
Account of a three-hour Mexico City street-eating tour.
Lonely mamas, Ms. Lovely Day will make you feel better about yourself, $100/afternoon.
Argument for giving up caffeine: so you can return to it--occasionally--and enjoy it more.
Many people are suffering from what they said on Facebook. And more will suffer. The case for putting an expiration date on information.
Reflective anamorphosis: where images require mirrors to be unraveled.
Che Guevara's life is not "all smart suits and private jets for the guerrilla-turned-philanthropist."
Shtenygart: Maybe literature will come back some day. It just sucks to be in the butthole of it.
Video: Sharp editing and the right tinting produces Ferris Club.
Analysis of chatter suggests Middle East indirect talks are not going well.
Instapaper: What "sanctions against Iraq" really meant on the ground.
Fighting Russia's heatwave with vodka and swimming, 233 people drowned in Moscow last week.
Distrust numbers in the news; even rigorous-seeming statistics conceal squishy measurements.
Google ranks Pakistan no. 1 in sex-related searches.
Photographs of South American women and their maids dressed in white T-shirts.
Inside the international fight to put foreign food on the American table.
Oklahoma high school issues warning about dangerous new fad: audio samples that simulate drug effects.

Stats on lies told in online dating, plus truths (e.g., 80% of self-identified bisexuals only interested in one gender).
Happiness and sadness are both contagious--but sadness has more social influence.
Scientists unsure how long it takes people to overcome long-term sleep debt.
Eighteenth-century ship found at World Trade Center site.
Chalet-inspired lodging takes first place in competition to design hotels for insects.
See also: Japan's love hotels.
Resilience theory: the ability of a system to withstand environmental flux without collapsing.
Mike Tyson: "I wouldn't be a prostitute in some of the places my wife and I have slept."
Circumstances when whipping it should be considered.
Jeffrey Eugenides and his editor discuss how the next novel's coming along.