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Last year, Brooke Shields was on her way to a singing lesson in Chelsea and stopped at Starbucks for an iced green tea. She noticed a young woman looking at her. The woman had short bangs, a backpack, hiking boots—“She was a hipster, cool-looking, maybe a . . . (Subscription required.)
via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2013/11/25/131125ta_talk_paumgarten
The EP speaks with THR about his drama’s divisive plot points, the delicate state of his antiheroes and the final four episodes: "This season, probably more than the first and the second, has been carefully plotted out from the beginning."
via Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/homeland-showrunner-alex-gansa-brody-656831
HONG KONG (AP) — When Hong Kong intercepted yet another huge shipment of illegal African ivory in early October, it added to a growing headache for authorities: What exactly do you do with one of the world’s biggest stockpiles of elephant tusks?…
via AP Top Headlines At 3:42 a.m. EST http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_HONG_KONG_IVORY_CACHE?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
A week after Sept. 11, three men were accused of plotting terror, but the case became a cautionary tale about connecting dots where they might not exist.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/booming/the-demise-and-afterlife-of-the-detroit-sleeper-cell-case.html
Yet another way for the Kremlin to punish anyone who disturbs its sense of the social order.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/hooligans-hooligans-everywhere/
Controversial Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, under fire over a piece he wrote about Bill de Blasio’s interracial family, is dating beautiful political activist Patricia Duff. Cohen’s column drew “racism 
via http://pagesix.com/2013/11/15/embattled-columnist-cohen-dating-patricia-duff/
Clara Moskowitz in Nature: Scientists are unanimous that their current theory of physics is incomplete. Yet every effort to expose a deeper theory has so far disappointed. Now the most sensitive test yet of the shape of an electron —…
via 3quarksdaily http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2013/11/electron-appears-spherical-squashing-hopes-for-new-physics-theories.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a Republican, freshman Rep. Ted Yoho of Florida cares about the Republican Party’s image and fate. But what he especially cares about is a tiny sliver of the GOP: about 22,000 primary voters who lean heavily conservative and who secured his spot in the House.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/many-house-republicans-gop-crisis-081422611.html
Making money from stolen paintings — particularly famous ones — is not a straightforward matter.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/what-is-the-value-of-stolen-art.html
Classically, Richard Cohen’s non-apology is a "purposeful misreading" of other people’s so-called "purposeful misreading."
via VF Daily http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/11/richard-cohen-interracial-marriage