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Headlines for Monday, July 26, 2010

Afternoon Edition

Germany’s Love Parade permanently cancelled after 19 died in an overcrowded tunnel.

Biological explanation of why the poor make different life decisions from the rich.

In the Bronx, Ian Frazier observes a sculpture kept graffiti-free with a battery-powered sander.

There are four stations in the tree, and you can do them in any order you want. Meet a champion tree climber.

See also: Ralph Gamelli teaches us how to climb a tree.

Insecure people are more likely to have health problems.

We just have to get my lawyer’s approval to begin our torrid affair. Today’s Don Draper.

Following the McLuhan flap, how Mad Men avoids anachronistic language.

For this month’s “Of Recent Note,” tell us what you’ve learned from your summer job—from now or in years past.

The early history of swearing in comics—“aka grawlixes, aka obscenicons.”

An interview with the winner of India’s contest to design a new rupee symbol.

GQ’s food correspondent takes a pilgrimage to understand ethical eating.

Comparison of dried meats around the world.

Morning Edition

Afghan war logs: “Pakistan aids insurgency”; “innocents pay the price”; “well, we knew as much.”

Over 75,000 secret reports, the war logs are one of the U.S.’s biggest leaks.

Initial roundup of logs-related links.

After BP admits Photoshopping its cleanup pictures, contest announced for improved photo montages.

Hertzberg: All hail the Post’s investigation into intelligence bling.

Mexican prisoners allowed to leave for hit-man jobs and use guards’ weapons and vehicles.

Proposed U.K. program allows reduced sentences for felons who apologize to their victims.

Why people hit roadside police cars: very large exposure numbers.

Sam Anderson follows James Franco into a men’s room and reports on whether Franco’s hyperactive life is for real.

Video: Trailer posted for You Lost Me There, TMN’s Rosecrans Baldwin’s first novel being published Aug. 12.

The Report by Jessica Francis Kane named Barnes & Noble Discover book; Amazon picks Anthony Doerr’s Memory Wall as a best of July.

Almond: I should be grateful to the Times for trashing my book; I’m not.

Politico calls South Carolina the whoopee cushion of the nation.

Star found in neighboring galaxy is 265 times the mass of our sun.

Wine snobbery, even in jest, isn’t really understood here. Tasting and smuggling notes from Kabul.

Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer 1844 sells for $44 in China (see brewer interview).

Scottish brewery concocts world’s strongest beer, served in a stuffed stoat or squirrel.

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