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Headlines for Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Afternoon Edition

Kafka’s never-before-seen manuscripts create ownership dispute between his supposed inheritors and Israel.

Account of the advantages of the beauty bias in every aspect of life.

Analysts try to crack the identity of whoever bought all the cocoa beans in Europe.

Judge upholds right to falsely claim a Purple Heart.

Ecstasy can ease post-traumatic stress symptoms.

Last summer’s swimming holes were Dumpsters in Brooklyn; this summer, Bloomberg’s opening them on Park Ave.

We’ve been so used to complaining about BP, how will we complain now? Here’s some ideas.

Big Star bassist Andy Hummel dies—it’s been a tough 10 months for the Big Star family.

Former ToB judge David Rees will sharpen two of your pencils for $12.50 apiece—price includes shavings and a limited-edition poster.

StatGeek analyzes A-Rod’s past long balls to determine where his 600th home run will land.

Sports writers assemble to discuss the only activity that can make you “jump involuntarily out of your seat and roar.”

I know Molly is the real hero, but if not for McCourt and his book, I have no idea where my career would be today.

Today’s must read: Real editors ship.

Morning Edition

Activists fight law requiring jailed women to be shackled during birth.

Female Afghan governor rejects idea that women should “be sacrificed” in return for a deal with the Taliban.

Outstanding: Unedited rushes of everything shot by the BBC in Afghanistan over the last 30 years.

Factory pot farms proposed for Oakland.

Global warming will be the most important investment issue for the foreseeable future. Global warming in five minutes.

Obama’s fifth Gulf Coast visit really helps a lot.

America’s greening offers a great chance to lampoon contradictory living.

Humans aren’t just a genome—they’re “a collective of genomes of hundreds of different species all working together.”

They. Just. Want. Fresh. Blood. Bill Murray gives rare interview and explains why he hates L.A.

Studies find statements read with a foreign accent are significantly less likely to be believed.

Explanation of biases that make online reviews inaccurate.

One-star Amazon reviews of classics, from Catch-22 to To Kill a Mockingbird.

De Botton: Atheism need not be dull; religions’ ambitions can be borrowed.

Instapaper: Brief history of electoral systems, from the doges in Venice to America.

“Locked-in” man files for the right to be killed by his wife.

Capsule-sized thriller contained in a brief article about a New York apartment.

Nuggets of gold found in Virginia’s archive from when Faulkner visited.

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