You won’t find these pictures in any advertising for the 2014 World Cup or 2016 Summer Olympics. However, Brazilian police officers have begun to clean out the slums of Rio De Janeiro, in an effort to reduce crime and the drug trade. The Boston Globe published a stunning gallery of images from that police offensive.
1) Inside Sarah Palin’s Inner Circle: This article, which first appeared in The New York Times Magazine, offers the latest glimpse into the mysterious world of the ex-governor of Alaska.
2) The Waiting: A look at the 20 hours spent waiting by survivors of the August crash that claimed the lives of ex-Senator Ted Stevens and four others in Alaska.
3) The Dark Lord of Coal Country: Rolling Stone profiles Don Blankenship, the head of one of the country’s biggest coal companies. The article is in-depth and thorough, but can only be found in the hard copy of the magazine or for subscribers online.
4) Precedent and Prologue: The New Yorker published an article by Jeffrey Toobin in honor of the ten-year anniversary of Bush v. Gore. Also worth reading: Toobin’s book on the 2000 recount.
Best single-use blog ever. A blog has emerged looking at North Korean Kim Jung-Il looking at…well…stuff. Some highlights:
To quote the song by Paul Simon, “you know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away.” This video of cars and buses failing during Monday’s snowstorm in Seattle has drawn national attention. Watch out, Capitol Hill.
1) .Com Domains Are Default Again: Domain selling website GoDaddy experimented with using .co are the default for all new domain purchases. Apparently, the world is running out of .com options.
2) The Voice of the Subway: Have you ever wondered who makes the announcements on those subway cars in NYC? Well, The New York Times found Carolyn Hopkins and wrote a story about her.
3) Cryptic Announcement From Apple: Apple took to their iTunes store today with a very strange announcement. They wrote, “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget.” The Wall Street Journal now writes that the company will add Beatles songs to their catalog soon. This comes as Facebook announces “the next generation of e-mail.”
4) Weird Google StreetView News From All Around: First, a man announces that Google StreetView inspired him to lose 7 stones (98 pounds). Then, the discovery of a strange website, based around strange images found on the site.
5) Girl Talk Offers Free Album: Who knows for how long? The mashup artist is offering his next album for free online.
6) Town Refuses To Change Westboro Baptist Church’s Tires: The legendary gay-hating, military funeral protesting church couldn’t find a single garage to change its’ tires after members of the town slashed them.
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