Sunday, July 11, 2010

SUNDAY REPORT, VOL. I, NO. 4

Due to a large volume of content last Sunday, the Sunday Report was not posted. Many of the articles that would have appeared last week have been included in this week's post.

HEALTH & SCIENCE
1. Men eat meat, women eat chocolate: How food gets gendered. [Salon]
2. Key diabetes drug study was flawed, review charges. [CNN]
3. Reducing the US carbon footprint, toe by toe. [The Christian Science Monitor]
4. Can a fetus feel pain? U.K. report says no. [Newsweek]

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY
1. The perils of progress. [The New Republic]
2. Grindr iPhone app: GPS for the sex superhighway. [Politics Daily]

POLITICS
1. Let's get rid of Supreme Court confirmation hearings. [Salon]
2. Can Charlotte regain its new south swagger with 2012 Democratic Convention. [Politics Daily]
3. The doctored Economist cover: We all live in a photoshopped age. [Politics Daily]
4. Medvedev and innovation: Can Russia move forward while mired in a corrupt past?. [Politics Daily]
5. Al Gore, Bill Clinton, and questions of character. [Politics Daily]
6. The top 25 conservatives on Twitter. [Politics Daily]
7. Bold move to save Afghanistan: Bring back a king. [The Christian Science Monitor]
8. Chris Matthews: High speed rail in America; Hope we can believe in. [The Huffington Post]
9. Dorm that honors Klansman sparks debate. [The Wall Street Journal]

ENTERTAINMENT
1. 13 must-hear songs from the first half of 2010. [Phoenix NewTimes]
2. Mel Gibson's explosive racist rant. Listen to it here (Text & Audio). [Radar]
3. 'Avatar' will land again. [Los Angeles Times]
4. Wonder Woman to finally start wearing pants. [The Christian Science Monitor]
5. A magazine back on a roll. [The New York Times]

MISCELLANEOUS
1. Competitive eating: Bigger than the Olympics? [Salon]
2. The most amazing upside down houses from around the world (Photos). [The Huffington Post]
3. Presbyterian leaders OK gay, lesbian clergy, shelve same-sex marriage proposal. [Kansas City Star]
4. The last of the seltzer men. [The Atlantic]
5. Are cellphones the new cigarettes? [The New York Times]

CARTOONS: The Northeastern Heat Wave & LeBron James





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