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...project didn't disappoint. Atlas Obscura has quickly become a travel guide for voyagers in search of destinations that would normally never crack tourist itineraries. In Liverpool, there's an art installation consisting of 100 identical statues of the naked artist. In Zurich, there's the Moulagenmuseum, dedicated solely to displaying wax representations of painful facial diseases. And in Brooklyn, there's a secret tunnel under Atlantic Avenue, where the body of a murdered British man is still likely hidden somewhere in the walls. More helpful still, Atlas Obscura includes a map for each oddity's location and frequently includes...
...eyes search out the camera, begging to tell a story, but it is too late: she is dying as we watch. The videotaped killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, pierced through the heart by the bullet of an unknown assailant as she watched a demonstration in Tehran, is forbidden viewing in Iran. But for the world, it has become the defining image of the protests that followed her country's widely discounted presidential election. From Berlin to Los Angeles to the Iranian expatriate community of Tel Aviv (above), the image of her bloodied face has been carried aloft by outraged protesters...
After realizing that Sweet could not be swayed, Smith said he immediately initiated the search for an acting dean and reached out to officials throughout the University, asking them to extend their responsibilities slightly and take over portions of Sweet's duties. "Right now, we're stretching," Smith said. But he added that he has no plans to institute a mass restructuring of administrative positions...
...search committee was created in February to fill the vacancy left by former CFO Lauren Brisky's retirement, according to Latt. But she said she does not know if Sweet had been a candidate for the position since the committee's inception. Though Vanderbilt made its official announcement today, discussions between Sweet and the Vanderbilt administration to finalize the move transpired in June, Latt said...
Borowitz, Andy • fantasy of that Bernie Madoff would wind up sharing a cell with O.J. Simpson, who would help him "search for the real swindlers...