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Headlines for Thursday, July 29, 2010

Afternoon Edition

How engineers stabilized the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Exiled from Iran, two brothers continue to produce controversial art in Dubai.

Saudi feminist poet defies death threats.

Analyzing the faith-intelligence correlation, researchers ask subjects if their religion is the “one true religion.”

Historians can’t agree why portion sizes keep increasing in Last Supper depictions.

The “suggestions for the best magazine articles (in English) ever” are 12% David Foster Wallace.

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A new U.K. business employs refugees to construct ethical underwear.

Investigating athletes’ superstitions about lucky underwear, lucky balls.

Catalonia becomes the first Spanish province to ban bullfighting.

Video: For those who wish Kids was real, proof Times Square in the ’80s was hella real.

New York will solve the bedbug crisis by speaking very sternly to the bedbugs.

TMN’s Anthony Doerr offers his soundtrack for a night of dish-washing and sky-staring.

“I wanted to be the first woman on the Moon: and I am totally disappointed that I could still fulfill that goal.”

Morning Edition

Grim sampling of environmental fiascos depicts China’s losing fight against pollution.

After Chinese news chief disappears, rumors abound he defected to Britain.

Story behind the publication of the Afghanistan logs.

Story of Mo Farah’s journey from Somalian refugee to European champion.

Fifteen years later, Kids remains troubling—especially if it never existed.

From the Gallery: Q&A with Aislinn Leggett, specialist in depicting tourism.

It’s the most bewitching, bewildering, beheading vacation spot you’ll never vacation in. Dowd alliterates Arabia.

Survey of what Christian guys find immodest in Christian girls (e.g., tights with designs; stretching).

The more tense you are, the less you can hear. Yo-Yo Ma on controlling how you evolve.

Study suggests people faking a mental illness might actually develop said illness.

Wind farmers struggle to store (or dump) excess energy and control reliability.

Instapaper: The laying of the first sustainable transatlantic telegraph line.

Investigation into Graham Greene’s family reveals gifted and talented “clan full of surprises.”

Linguist proves Plastic Bertrand didn’t sing “Ca Plane Pour Moi.”

Video: High-quality turf dancing in Oakland.

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