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Headlines for Monday, July 19, 2010

Afternoon Edition

How the pound sign—aka the “number key” or the “hash”—got its name.

Scientists say cooking is responsible for brain development.

Ben Folds and Nick Hornby collaborate on “Levi Johnston’s Blues.”

From the attic: “The Secret Journal of Levi Johnston” by Sarah Hepola.

Skeptics and believers battle over the role of homeopathy in health care.

A transcript of Cecil B. DeMille’s B.Y.U. commencement address—and how Mormon paintings influenced The Ten Commandments.

How Caravaggio saw in the dark.

Interviews with former debt collectors.

Tolstoy envisioned a justice system whose decisions were made with love, rather than through impersonal processes.

How negative behavior may improve unhappy marriages.

“That’s a piece of foam with glitter on it.” Young fantasy readers—the progeny of humans and Norse gods—raid Prospect Park.

Analysis of the efficiency of mowing your lawn in rows versus spirals.

When plugged into “I Write Like,” David Foster Wallace writes like Ian Fleming.

Also: A Q&A with the creator of “I Write Like.”

A list of common misconceptions.

Morning Edition

Last month was the warmest June on record globally; extreme heat boils the United States and Europe.

France did not say it would reimburse Haiti for its independence fee, says France, repudiating hoax.

Gallery director explains why Berlin is more serious than other cities and there’s no reason to learn German.

Boulder, Colo., named best place to raise abducted children.

Explanation of the Saudi line of succession and which of 5,000 princes will become king.

Sonic profile of North Korea, where accordions dominate.

How $1,475 can guarantee Chinese couples U.S. citizenship for their babies.

Debate ignited over genetic-testing oversight after 23andMe mixes up customer information and 87 people receive wrong results.

More mothers are donating umbilical cord blood, the latest life-saving fluid.

Skin-lightening market expands 18% a year in India; Vaseline launches a Facebook avatar-lightening app.

Prison manual describes violent methods used to subdue youth in private U.K. jails.

Movies use inflatable crowds in lieu of extras; inflatables’ creators irked when extras seek revenge.

Awesome? Or appalling? Semi-serious profile of ROFL culture.

Questionable-content reviewers suffer depression and occasionally cry or vomit at unpleasant images.

When a mother won’t quit smoking and a daughter won’t stop trying to help her quit, by TMN’s Jessica Francis Kane.

Birnbaum on Joseph Epstein’s new stories; TMN’s Kevin Guilfoile caught gazing.

After writing a surprise third volume to his best-selling recent novels, Murakami suggests he may also write parts four and zero.

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