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6 October 2012
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Sicily, A Portrait Of Italian Dysfunction

Stephan Faris | Businessweek | 4 October 2012

"The danger in Sicily isn’t that the island’s economy will suddenly implode. As with the rest of Italy, the region’s problems are less economic than political. The biggest threats to Sicily’s future are its politicians" Comments

The Internet Blowhard’s Favorite Phrase

Daniel Engber | Slate | 2 October 2012

Brief history of use, and misuse, of phrase "correlation does not imply causation". Once a stats class admonition; now commonly and irritatingly used by second-rate debaters. How did it catch on? And why this particular phrase? Comments

Dead Or Alive

Steve Coll | NYRB | 4 October 2012

Review of "No Easy Day", Navy SEAL's account of Bin Laden raid. "He was neither armed nor aggressive at the moment of his death." But Obama knew from bitter experience with Guantanamo prisoners that killing was easier than capture Comments

The Unsolved Mystery Of The Tunnels At Baiae

Mike Dash | Smithsonian | 1 October 2012

On the north shore of the Bay of Naples lies a tunnel complex leading to a hot, underground stream. Who built it? And for what purpose? It's been estimated to date from 550 BC, and may have had a quite intriguing use Comments

The Metaphoreign Body

Tod Wodicka | Granta | 4 October 2012

"In 2005, a couple of days after my girlfriend of a few months discovered that she was pregnant, I was rushed to a Prague hospital because a screaming golf ball-sized growth had appeared near the base of my tailbone" Comments

On The Demand For Referees

David Warsh | Economic Principals | 30 September 2012

Good referees are vital, if not always popular. Not only on the field, but wherever it's important to create and preserve order, and prevent corruption. Policemen, critics, judges, regulators: Think of them as the "guardian trades" Comments

Cheat Sheet - Will Linda McMahon Bring It?

The Cheat Sheet

Today: Vatican Finds Ex-Butler Guilty , Person of Interest: United States U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice , Ohio Early Voting Reinstated
Cheat Sheet: Morning

October 06, 2012
READY TO RUMBLE

The former WWE chief was trounced in her last Senate run, despite pouring in $50 million of her own money. Now the Republican is within striking distance of Joe Lieberman’s Connecticut seat, ahead of her first debate on Sunday. The Daily Beast’s Lloyd Grove reports.

Convicted

A Vatican court found Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler guilty Saturday of stealing sensitive documents—but the pope is expected to pardon him. Paolo Gabriele was sentenced to 18 months in prison, half of the three-year sentence requested by the prosecution. The lighter sentence was given because Gabriele had no prior criminal record. The verdict was delivered after two hours of deliberation on the last day of a weeklong trial during which Gabriele claimed he acted out of a “visceral” love for the Roman Catholic Church. He will, for the time being, be under house arrest in the Vatican.

PERSON OF INTEREST

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice made headlines this week when she insisted the attack in Benghazi, Libya, was “spontaneous.” Leslie H. Gelb reports in Newsweek on the fallout.

ELECTION DAYS

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that if soldiers from Ohio can cast ballots ahead of time, everyone else should have the same opportunity. The court said that the state had not shown compelling evidence for why only one group should be permitted to cast ballots on the three days before Election Day. The decision, strongly advocated by the Obama campaign, will likely lead to more ballots cast from poor and elderly voters. There is no word yet on whether the swing state will appeal the decision.

Justice

After losing a long battle to avoid charges, five terror suspects were extradited to the U.S. from Britain—and at least two of them are expected in court in New Haven, Conn., on Saturday. The group, which includes cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who allegedly turned a London mosque into a training ground for radicals, was ordered to the U.S. by a British judge who ruled Friday that the suspects had no more grounds for appeal. The appeals process for the men had lasted between eight and 14 years, during which they claimed they would face human-rights violations in a U.S. prison.


DEAL
Report: Syria Won’t Cross Turkey
Agrees to stay six miles from border.
FREED
Cuba Releases Anti-Castro Blogger
Writer planned to cover sensitive trial.
WoW
Maine GOP Slams Dem’s Warcraft Hobby
Concerns about videogame character’s criminal activity.
Diversity
Report: More Gays and Lesbians on TV
GLADD pleased with uptick.
THE FORCE IS STRONG
New Worm Species Named After Yoda
Deep-sea worm lives miles underwater.
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