interesting things
A mosque in Joplin burned to the ground early Monday in the second fire at the Islamic center in little more than a month, officials said.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/us/missouri-after-arson-a-month-ago-a-second-fire-destroys-joplin-mosque.html
NBC did not show Russian gymnast Ksenia Afanasyeva falling during its prime-time coverage of women’s gymnastics on Tuesday, although the network had the time to do so.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/where-was-nbc-when-the-russian-gymnast-fell/
When Apple acquired AuthenTec last week, neither company issued a statement or a news release on the deal, which underscores the hard bargaining tactics of the technology giant.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/apples-quiet-deal-for-authentec/
Could India’s power outage have been caused by magnetic eruptions on the sun?
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/did-solar-storms-cause-indias-massive-blackout/
The company disclosed it might have broken a U.S. law that bars corporations from offering bribes to win business in overseas markets.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/business/global/whiff-of-fresh-trouble-sets-olympus-shares-tumbling.html
They are not infallible design geniuses at Apple. Its MagSafe connector used to be a design marvel and a joy to use. Then Apple made it worse. It’s now annoying and useless.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/one-of-apples-best-ideas-ever-made-worse/
An Ancestry.com team believes that President Obama’s African heritage stems not only from his Kenyan father, but from his white mother, whose lineage may include a slave in colonial Virginia.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/us/obamas-mother-had-african-forebear-study-suggests.html
There will be no two-state solution. The world must accept that we won’t budge, and learn to live with the status quo.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/opinion/israels-settlers-are-here-to-stay.html
The Senate passed a bill to extend tax cuts for the middle class. The Republican-controlled House will undoubtedly kill it because it does not benefit the wealthy.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/opinion/who-deserves-a-tax-break.html
Two candidates who can have trouble connecting with voters on a personal level try to define each other as detached from mainstream American life.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/us/politics/negative-ads-hit-at-identity-to-shape-race.html