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The racial divide is on display in Missouri

How whites feel about Ferguson

Seven Arrested and One Shot After Protesters Defy Ferguson Curfew -- The curfew has since been lifted, with the arrival of the National Guard.

What will it take to restore calm and justice in the Ferguson community?

Other stuff:

Young Men Think It's OK to "Coerce" Partners for Anal Sex

Sex: Women 'just as easily hooked on online porn as men'

The condom cure! A Brooklyn medical student designs device to save women from bleeding to death during childbirth

Child's drawing 'predicts later intelligence'

Hey, Ladies--Being a Woman Is Easy! Deal With It! -- "Doree Lewak, a features writer for the New York Post, published an op-ed Monday night that touted the joys and thrills of getting catcalled by New York City's finest construction workers[.]"

Appalling: Teen's organ donation rejected because he was gay

Grouchy, angry, irritable and depressed: the hard cases, study says

Man poses for mugshot wearing T-shirt of his earlier mugshot

Theodore Wafer guilty of 2nd-degree murder, manslaughter in porch shooting

Daughter hopes arrested Tulsa police officers will 'rot in prison' for fatal shooting of boyfriend | Police report: Tulsa officer fatally shoots daughter's boyfriend -- Yep. I was not surprised to find that the new boyfriend was not entirely without color. Call me cynical (though I'm still striving against that).

McDaniel Staffer Implicated in Paying Man to Concoct Vote-Selling Story

Remains of Jonestown Massacre victims found at Delaware funeral home -- The story of Jonestown still fascinates me, as I would have been a toddler at the time & so my parents would have shielded me from such news. (Although I was born in 1975, my parents didn't mention Watergate until I was in college. They've never said anything about the hostage crisis of 1979, when I would have been four years old.) How is it that this story is still making news? So sad.

Oklahoma teacher shows up to school drunk, not wearing pants: sheriff

I'm still recovering from how crack-delicious my dinner tonight is/has been. Anyway.

James Brady, former White House press secretary, dies at 73 -- When could we expect another conservative gun-control advocate? Especially one who did not experience such a personal attack? Best to the Brady family.

Six Philadelphia narcotics officers arrested for robbing dealers -- "The 42-page indictment describes scenes that Hollywood would have trouble topping, including a 2007 robbery during which Norman allegedly held a man over an 18th floor balcony to get him to divulge the password to his handheld computer."

Tennessee Denies Public Assistance To Drug Users -- Error: just because someone may have used drugs in their life history does not mean that they are currently abusing drugs. Bad interpretation, bad policy.

Eating Fish Makes Your Brain Healthier, Study Says | Fish Consumption Linked to College Education -- NOT linked to omega-3 intake, amazingly enough.

Oxytocin Isn't Lacking In Children With Autism, Researchers Say

Lego sells out of Research Institute set after responding to 7-year old girl's request

Forget Charcoal Versus Gas. The Best Way to Grill a Steak Is With Molten Lava.

Wyden urges permanent Internet tax ban: Says 'Tax Freedom Act' has spurred digital economy

If it weren't for the good folks over at ohnotheydidnt, I would never have heard about this: Over the course of a weekend, DashCon 2014 descended into chaos | more

Two children freed from hot car by passerby who smashed the windows with a hammer -- This is bad enough.

But this takes the cake: Toddler Saves Elderly Man Locked Inside Hot Car

Jersey City tears down 'cop killer' shrine that repulsed the nation -- But what's up with removing the second, unrelated shrine?

Elderly home invasion victim shoots at Action News crew in Detroit -- That's some serious PTSD.

Study Cracks How the Brain Processes Emotions -- modulated by the orbitofrontal cortex

Testicle-Eating Pacu Fish Caught in Michigan -- "'Mouth is not so big, so of course it normally eats nuts, fruit, and small fish, but human testicles are just a natural target.'"

SpongeBob SquarePants Prank Triggered South Korean Army Massacre -- This is a true story.

Among Justices, Considering a Divide Not of Gender or Politics, but of Beliefs (NYT)

Frank Rich on the National Circus: Could Hobby Lobby Reverse Progress on Gay Civil Rights?

The Letters That Warren G. Harding's Family Didn't Want You to See -- Pretty salacious for the time.

Dubai to Build the First Air-Conditioned Mini-City

Why Are There No Black Men on Argentina's Roster? -- I haven't been posting many Huffington Post stories, but this one leads into next smoothly.

The blackness of tango: Dance's dark roots in a country "without blacks"

Scholarly journal retracts 60 articles, smashes 'peer review ring' -- "'On at least one occasion, the author Peter Chen reviewed his own paper under one of the aliases he created,' according to the SAGE announcement."

If Exercise Feels Like Work, Mindless Snacking May Follow

Chimps use gestures to communicate and scientists have a dictionary for it

That Woman in Red May Spur Female Jealousy

Door malfunction causes corpse to fall into traffic in Pennsylvania -- Seriously.

California Highway Patrol Officer Caught Punching Woman In The Face (Video) -- This is the only site I was able to find that had any footage of the incident. YouTube has already removed the video from its site.

Myths and spin abound on Supreme Court contraceptive decision

After Uproar, Ethics Committee Folds Fast on Travel Disclosure

Magic Mushroom Dreams: A psychedelic compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms triggers brain activity characteristic of dream states. | more

Berkeley to provide free medical marijuana for low-income patients | more

Only 25 Minutes Of Mindfulness Meditation Will Reduce Stress

However: Study: Just thinking by yourself isn't much fun -- "Some even started giving themselves electric shocks as the minutes ticked by."

Gary Oldman on Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic remarks: 'Take a f**king joke. Get over it' | Gary Oldman is wrong, I never would use N-word: ex-deputy who arrested Mel Gibson | Surprise, surprise: Gary Oldman apologizes

Judge: People on no-fly list must have due process

Federal court rules against Utah ban on same-sex marriage

Secrets of the Creative Brain -- long but very interesting

Two men say they threw away a $1M lottery ticket, sue NJ to collect -- Normally, I would be with those who'd say "tough". However: "[B]ecause the three tickets were purchased together, their serial numbers were sequential. The men say they can prove that the winning ticket was theirs because they still have the tickets with serial numbers one above and one below the winning ticket's."

Older moms much more likely to become old ladies, study says

Supreme Court ruling affects Virginia death penalty rules -- "bright line" of 70 IQ not so bright after all

New York police to carry heroin antidote as overdoses double

'Asteroid to hit Earth' story goes up on CNN, people believe it

Human Muscles May Have Evolved More Than Brain

Mice with 'mohawks' help scientists link autism to 2 biological pathways in brain

Gay Dads' Brains Develop Just Like Those of Straight Parents, Study Finds

US President Obama calls for death penalty review

Son accused of killing parents with samurai sword

Taxi driver convicted of raping female passenger, but jury acquits him of top count -- "Some members of the panel, which deliberated for over a day, tended to buy Singh's account that the back-seat sex was consensual."

High school student accused of serial sex assaults

Princeton student: 'White privilege' -- stop and think before you judge -- This is on Fox News, so be warned. (Also, who will think of the poor, derided white males in American society?)

Man Robs Southern Diner -- With a Pitchfork -- Really? A Waffle House?