March 2011
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The Daily: March 31, 2011
COVER STORY: Millions of U.S. drivers cross “structurally deficient” bridges each day
SLEEP: Makes you smarter
STRING BIKINIS: Aren’t so risque anymore
BANGS: Are back
BASEBALL: Is back, too, and we have a list of the ceremonial hurlers (plus our suggested replacements)
LOTTA CRABTREE: Was once the best-paid star in the U.S.
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“Lotta purchased a Boston hotel and aged there alone. She spent the dozen years...”
– Swati Pandey on Lotta Crabtree, a child star who danced and dodged bullets in the Wild West. Read the fully story here.
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Slice of Life: Baseball style
Every day, Arts & Life brings you Slice of Life, a whimsical, infinitely informative one-page diagram of everything that’s on our radar. Today’s Slice honors opening day of baseball.
Got an iPad? Check it out in the app, because you can tap your way through the hot spots and discover why we love each item. But for those of you who can’t, scroll down for today’s...
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The Daily: March 30, 2011
AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN MELTDOWN: A 1959 leak at a plant near L.A. spewed more radiation than did Three Mile Island. The lone survivor, John Pace, talks to The Daily.
“EVERYBODY USES SEX AS A WEAPON”: Sasha Grey goes from adult film star to published author
GARY VAYNERCHUK: His second “New Wave” video is out
BON IVER: Gets x-rayed
BRITNEY’S BACK: For realz
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“I didn’t even know that I was supposed to apologize for listening to Bruce...”
– Bon Iver. For more of his country-mouse naivete, check out @Discographies’ x-ray.
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“Sex is used so often in everyday life through the media. And at the same time,...”
– Sasha Grey, the 23-year-old actress and adult film star whose book of self-portraits and short essays, “Neü Sex” (Vice), just came out.
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Coquette: Omitting truths, telling lies; tomAto,...
Dear Coquette,
I was talking to my girlfriend the other day and she said that omitted truths are different than lies. She even went as far as saying that omitting truths isn’t wrong. For example, suppose a friend went into my house while I was away and stole something. If I were to come home and ask him him what he was doing, and he replied “just chillin,” or something of that nature, he would be...
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X-Ray: Bon Iver
What makes up Bon Iver? Our musical mathematician, @Discographies, breaks it down.
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The Daily: March 29, 2011
COVER STORY: President Obama puts limits on the U.S. intervention in Libya
“MAD MEN” CANCELED? Maybe, if Matt Weiner doesn’t cut three minutes from every episode, and fire two actors
SKETCHING NYC: One building at a time
OOH LA LA: The French invasion
WHOA THERE, SPATULA: Enough said
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“The day’s most telling moment was also one of its least harrowing. When Arguedas...”
– Bethlehem Shoals in “The Ex Factor: Bonds accuser’s credibility fades in withering cross-examination”
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"Mad Men" Canceled?
A shakeup looms at Sterling Cooper: “Mad Men” could be canceled if creator Matt Weiner doesn’t bow to AMC’s cost-cutting demands. Here’s your Flash scoop:
“Mad Men” may have succumbed to greedy men. The biggest hit in the history of the AMC cable channel might be canceled after four hugely successful seasons because the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner, and his...
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The Daily: March 28, 2011
HAVE YOU SEEN THISSSSSSS? A young Egyptian cobra from the Bronx Zoo is on the loose
1ST ROCK FROM THE SUN: After a 6-year, 5 billion-mile journey, NASA’s Messenger probe is about to unlock the mysteries of Mercury
XXL CASKETS: Are now a thing
GLOW, RUNNERS, GLOW! Fluorescent running gear takes the next evolutionary step
“THE BROOKLYN ENIGMA”: A professional invalid from the...
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From XXL shirts to XXL caskets
In “Dead Weight: Obesity epidemic drives up sales of oversize coffins,” Bill Bradley learns that as Americans get bigger and bigger, so do their caskets.
Just as there are XXL shirts, there are XXL caskets. And the constant increase in American obesity has the oversize-casket business booming.
“In the last year, business has gone up at least 30 percent,” said Keith Davis, president...
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What We're Reading
Look for our “What We’re Reading” box in the News section for a roundup of the stories we’re reading online. It’s there each day, by Weird/by true and Dull/but significant. Here’s what we’ve bookmarked today:
The best new iPad apps, Gizmodo
How to spot a philanderer, The Australian
A Victorian vision of “The Wire,” The Hooded Utilitarian
A serial...
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The Daily: March 27, 2011
COVER STORY: New techniques to mend soldiers’ wounds could benefit the world
GEHRY’S GOTHAM: Frank Gehry’s extraordinary skyscraper for ordinary people
GROW A SPINE: Coquette tells you how to end your bad relationship
MARCH MADNESS: A roundup of this weekend’s basketball action
PHOTO FILE: Peter Lik is “willing to go anywhere” to capture the beauty of...
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For today’s Studio Visit, Nora Barak takes...
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“Do you have too little to do all day? Do you have poor social skills, problems...”
– Jonathan Rauch in his opinion article, “Comments are a Net Loss: Sure, pollute a website with your views on things — go ahead”
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BASKETBALL
Hey basketball fans, here’s a glimpse at today’s coverage — but be sure to check out the Sports section in the app for the full experience.
Butler stuns Florida, proving that nothing is out of their reach, by Chris Corbellini
The ‘NBA question’: It’s only March, says Dan Wolken, our sports columnist, which means it’s way too early to ask
On cloud nine:...
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Coquette on growing a spine and ending your bad...
Dear Coquette,
I need to break up with my current boyfriend of three years, but I don’t know how. I live with him, and he moved from a nearby city to live with me while I go to school. He is madly in love with me and I used to be in love with him, but a lot has changed. I had an abortion last May, and decided to move in with him because he was so helpful during the whole situation. I feel,...
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“This sexualization does not come without consequences. By marketing adult...”
– Jessica Valenti in “Sex sells — even to kids: Racy clothing for preteens is sending a troubling and dangerous message.”
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Say cheese! The American cheddar renaissance is... →
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Tom Ford's five easy lessons in how to be a... →
coketalk:
1. You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.
2. A gentleman today has to work. People who do not work are so boring and are usually bored. You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
3. Manners are very important and actually knowing...
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The Daily: March 25, 2011
COVER STORY: Defects and “unclear” nuclear guidelines put U.S. at risk.
OTIS! MY MAN! Today’s History Page takes you inside the short, sweet career of Otis Redding.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR: A special tribute magazine brought to you by The Daily.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: Michelle Obama is encouraging parents to monitor their children’s Body Mass Index., or BMI, to help maintain a...
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR
We’re excited to present you with The Daily’s first special edition magazine — The Elizabeth Taylor Tribute Magazine. With photos, videos and words, the issue takes you through the Hollywood legend’s early years and later years, her movies and husbands, and of course the glamour.
It’s like a coffee table book. But digital. For your iPad. By the same people who bring you...
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“She was the most glamorous and sensuous star of our generation. Women liked her...”
– Debbie Reynolds on Elizabeth Taylor. Watch the video and read the story here.
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Mama's tigerblood is boiling! →
Charlie Sheen’s mom lashes out at Donald Trump for spreading “vicious lies” about her baby. But Brooke Mueller’s mother, Moira, told Flash that Janet Templeton Sheen’s email was:
“definitely from a scared mother who is very angry and is trying to blame everyone other than the one responsible for his own actions. That’s just despicable how she can think...
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The Daily: March 23, 2011
BE IN THE KNOW: With Joshua Hersh’s Yemen File.
BE COOL: With today’s Slice of Life must-haves.
YOU’RE SO MONEY: “Next Wave with Gary Vaynerchuk” launched today (as did our Business section)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha turns 69 this week, and her 11-disk box set, “Take A Look: Aretha Franklin Complete On Columbia,” is our album of the week
YODA HAS A MINI...
