picks Puerto Rico's streets crawl with heavily armed, masked mercenaries bearing no insignia or nametags Cory Doctorow
News U.S. court tosses murder conviction of Blackwater guard Nicholas Slatten in massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians Xeni Jardin
war "The Warrior Class": Blackwater videos in Harper's Magazine show brutality on display Xeni Jardin
politics Employers can't require workers to attend 'captive audience' anti-union meetings Rob Beschizza
Entertainment Shigeru Miyamoto reflects on Donkey Kong's 40+ year history with a tour through Donkey Kong Country at Super Nintendo World Ellsworth Toohey
animals Dozens of monkeys escaped South Carolina research facility, residents told to lock doors and windows Allan Rose Hill