Everyone is anxious about the birth of the royal baby, which is expected to happen any day now. But no one is more anxious that Queen Elizabeth, says Toronto’s Globe and Mail. And it’s not because she can’t wait to meet her third great-grandchild—it’s because she has plans. When asked whether she wanted a boy or a girl, the Queen responded: “I don’t think I mind. I would very much like it to arrive. I’m going on holiday.”

Mibblio. Kaggle. Shodogg. The Wall Street Journal says to expect more mashed-up website names like Tumblr coming down the pipeline. Why? Because it’s impossible for startups to find unreserved names. The problem is that every product, no matter what it is, needs a website these days and with 250 million registered domains, finding a name that sounds sensical is a tall order. Choosing a made up word also has its benefits: it can let entrepreneurs steer clear of copyright issues.

On the front page of USA Today this morning, the ACLU raises the alarm about the extent to which license plates are scanned to track your whereabouts. Police around the country have adopted a practice of snapping digital photographs of millions of license plates, which they then store to help them (potentially) solve crimes in the future. But a lot of information about innocent people is also scooped up, something that worries privacy experts. Different states have different ways of handling the data—some purge the info after 48 hours (Minnesota) while others keep vast databases (California).

The search is on for a better cup holder, says the Wall Street Journal this morning. Designers say the challenges of making car storage that fits the needs of modern life are growing with each new advance in technology. Though customers demand the perfect place for their cell phones and handbags, it can be difficult to carve out especially faced with the growing tangle of wires needed to power high-tech safety and entertainment systems. Still, there are some noteworthy advances on the market, like Chrysler’s tablet-sized glove box, and the mesh water bottle holder in every Jeep Wrangler.

The New York Times has a front-page story on Alzheimer’s and Dementia.  If you think you’re getting forgetful and are going to develop Alzheimer’s, you’re probably on to something.  The Times says many people diagnose themselves years before any medical evidence confirms the disease. Specifically, people who notice that their ability to organize and recall memories could have a protein called amyloid in their brains, a tell-tale sign of Alzheimer’s. But not all forgetfulness is cause for concern, say experts. Forgetting what you came into the kitchen for or where you put your glasses are normal signs of aging.

Ross Rebagliati is the Canadian snowboarder who tested positive for marijuana in the 1998 Winter Olympics. USA Today says as the tide toward the legalization of marijuana increases, he’s making his hobby a business. Starting next month he’ll open a dispensary in Whistler selling a strain of pot called Ross’s Gold. Rebagliati says he has become the unofficial spokesperson for pot-smoking athletes around the world: “Anytime somebody gets in trouble for weed I’m the guy the media calls.”

The Boston Globe’s Yvonne Abraham says she’s tried to summon up outrage over Rolling Stone’s decision to put the Boston Marathon bombing suspect on its iconic front cover. Several stores have refused to sell the issue and people have called the decision one that glorifies terrorism. (They’ve also taken issue with the photo itself, which is a “selfie” that has already appeared virtually everywhere.) But Abraham says while Dzhokhar Tsarnaev might look like the typical 19-year-old “handsome stoner,” the magazine’s headline—“THE BOMBER: How a Popular, Promising Student Was Failed by his Family, Fell Into Radical Islam and Became a Monster.”—does something newspapers and magazines rarely do: it convicts him.

The New York Times takes another look at the latest JK Rowling book in this morning’s paper. “The Cuckoo’s Calling” had sold just 500 copies since its release April. Now, days after it was announced that author Robert Galbraith was actually the Harry Potter creator, it’s an instant best seller. So was Rowling’s identity leaked? Her publicist insists it was not a ruse to boost sales. Not everyone is convinced. As someone speculated on Twitter: “I wonder what evil spell was used to out J K Rowling at the real author behind The Cuckoo’s Calling? Maybe publicitystuntiarmus?!”

The Wall Street Journal has some advice on how to NOT advance in your job because you like the position you have. First of all, the Journal says make sure your reasons for staying put are legit, that you really love your job and aren’t just dodging a promotion because of a fear of failure. Next, let your bosses in on your decision as well as your reasons for wanting to stay in your current position, lest they think you’re just coasting.

The world of rhythmic gymnastics is snared in a cheating scandal, reports the New York Times this morning. Applicants testing to become judges for the 2016 Games in Rio were caught brazenly cheating on the exam—some had answers copied, including mistakes, across several papers, while other sported several different types of handwriting. Longtime proponents of the sport were not surprised by the news. Said one longtime judge: “This sport is very ill. It’s poisoned from head to toe.”

In the wake of George Zimmerman’s acquittal, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says he’ll turn his focus to laws that expand self-defense and have his office conduct a thorough investigation of Trayvon Martin’s death. Calling Florida’s Stand Your Ground law “senseless,” Holder told the NAACP that “it’s time to question laws that…sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods.”

On the front page of the Wall Street Journal this morning, photos of missile parts being smuggled on a North Korean ship. Panamanian officials detained the ship after reports surfaced that it could be carrying drugs. Instead, investigators found surface-to-air missile components hidden under bricks of sugar. The ship, which was coming from Cuba, has U.S. officials worried that a bilateral arms trade could be growing between the two countries. Cuban authorities quickly claimed ownership of the missile parts, saying they were being sent to North Korea for repair and then would be returned.

Pulling a rabbit out of a hat isn’t as easy as it looks. For one thing, the USDA requires magicians to have a license for any animal they pull out of a hat, or a shoe, or a basket. The agency now also requires a “disaster plan” for said rabbit, explaining how it will be saved in the event of a fire. Or flood. Or hurricane, ice storm or air conditioning power failure. It’s based on a decades-old law that regulated zoos and circuses. The Washington Post says when it posted this story online, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack immediately called for the law to be revamped using “common sense.”

The San Jose Mercury News says a new generation of “superbulls” has taken the competition out of the modern rodeo. So few riders can stay on the animals long enough to even score a point that when one does, it’s considered a huge feat. In 1995, about half of professional riders (46 percent) made it to the eight-second bell. In 2013 that number slid to about 27 percent. So where do these superbulls come from? They’re carefully bred from the best breeding bulls on the market, which command $2,000 for a tablespoon-size “straw” of semen.

This is your brain. This is your brain on summer. The Minneapolis Star Tribune says it’s not just kids that suffer from a summer brain drain. Adults also appear to come down with their own special version of seasonal affected disorder. The symptoms? Forgetting when the kids are at swimming lessons, an inability to pay attention during meetings, a compulsive need to look out the window and daydream. The culprits? Upcoming vacation, a bout of beautiful weather and a houseful of kids on summer vacation.

Four former Phillies players have died or been diagnosed with brain cancer in the last decade. All four played during the same era at Veterans Stadium. The Philadelphia Inquirer wants to know if that’s a coincidence or something bigger. Experts say the rate of cancer for former players is about three times what it is in the total male population. They also say it’s impossible to rule out the “possibility that it’s random bad luck.” Brain cancer can be caused by radiation and gene mutations but also by exposure to hormones, not unlike those found in anabolic steroids.

According to the Wall Street Journal, male fertility levels dropped about 30 percent from 1989 to 2005. Now researchers are trying to figure out what caused the dramatic change—whether it’s a crisis or simply a case of not enough data. Some say everything from pesticide exposure to sitting for too long can explain the decrease, which has been documented primarily in Northern Europe. Other experts maintain that not enough data has been harvested to ring the crisis bell.

A California adult product company called Trigg Laboratories says it has received kosher certification for 95 percent of its products. That includes a kosher personal lubricant, reports the New York Post. The company’s products will now come stamped with a K, indicating their new status. There are actually three lubricants already on the market that meet kosher standards but they are used for greasing machinery used in food preparation, not for use in the bedroom.

Most dogs you see on the street today trace their ancestry back to Europe. But the New York Times says DNA research has just identified a fully American breed. Along with the chihuahua and the Peruvian hairless, the Carolina dog is thought to have come to this country far before European settlers did. Some still live in the wild in the swamps of North Carolina and are known for their “fishhook tail, the pointed, somewhat lupine face and the habit of digging snout pits.”

A funny thing happened on the way to the Dave Matthews concert in Pennsylvania over the weekend. Two fans were driving to the show when the stopped to pick up a hitchhiker whose bike tire had popped by the side of the road. Turns out it was Dave Matthews himself, who’d gone for a pre-show ride without his cell phone. The couple had luckily just installed a bike rack on top of their car and were rewarded with two back-stage passes, dinner and a shout out from the singer.

There’s a crazy photo on the front page of the Washington Post this morning showing a train in Mexico, its roof covered with migrant workers from Central America. The Post says while illegal immigration to the United States is at its lowest point in four years, the number of Central Americans who brave Mexico’s train system for a ride to the border is at an all-time high. Neither the government nor railroad officials have been able to stop the masses of people who ride on top of trains, characterized as a “rolling gauntlet of rapes, kidnappings, homicides and maimings.”

How low will she go? The New York Post says J-Lo is so “despot for cash” that she’s taken in $9 million in the last two years performing for some of the world’s worst dictators. Most recently, she sang a hearty Happy Birthday to Turkmenistan’s Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. Before that it was the wedding of corrupt Uzbek oil tycoon Azam Aslanov, where Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov was a guest. Human Rights Foundation, which pointed ou the pattern, says “J.Lo has repeatedly mingled with and entertained some of the world’s worst thugs and their cronies.” And, most of the performances are available on YouTube.

As the nation reacted to the not guilty verdict handed down to George Zimmerman, the Orlando Sentinel asks what’s next? The immediate answer to that question seemed to be protests, which broke out around the country from Los Angeles to New York City. President Obama called on the nation to stay calm in the wake of the ruling and the NAACP received more than 450,000 signatures on a petition calling for a Department of Justice investigation into Trayvon Martin’s death.

The sad news this weekend that “Glee” star Corey Monteith was found dead in his Vancouver hotel room prompts the LA Times to ask what will become of the show in the absence of one of its biggest stars. Officials at Fox haven’t addressed the question yet, and likely won’t until the bi-yearly Television Critics press tour later this month. The Times says Monteith didn’t appear in episodes at the end of last season because of a stint in rehab.

The number of stand-alone emergency rooms in this country is rapidly increasing says USA Today, and some officials are worried that their proliferation could cause health insurance premiums to balloon. Patients say they prefer the care at these independent ERs, which are not attached to hospitals, because it’s faster and more convenient. And because they’re seen as more convenient, patients use them for primary care, which is billed at a much higher rate.

“Backyard beekeeping is the new backyard chickens,” declares the Oregonian this morning. It’s become so popular in Portland that two beekeepers are trying to create a heartier queen that can withstand colder climates in hopes of bolstering the overall population. Bee enthusiasts say their hobby has suffered in recent decades as those starting out were forced to import bees from warm climates like California. If their experiment to create a regional bee is successful, it could make it much easier for people all over the country to enjoy.

Is Lassie ready for a comeback? The LA Times says DreamWorks is grooming TV’s most famous dog for a return to the spotlight, along with other classic characters like Rocky and Bullwinkle. Though the studio doesn’t have a project for Lassie just yet, it is planning a huge multimedia marketing campaign, including a line of pet food and spots on children’s TV—to reintroduce audiences to the famous canine.

Sales of “The Cuckoo’s Calling” surged this weekend after the Sunday Times revealed that the book’s author Robert Galbraith was actually a pseudonym…for JK Rowling. The Wall Street Journal says the latest from the Harry Potter creator was well-reviewed even before it had her name attached; the author had originally been described as having a military background, which he mined to create the main character, a private investigator who lost a leg in Afghanistan.

There’s a funny story in the New York Times this morning about the legal term FNU LNU. It’s the acronym used by investigators to describe someone who is seen or heard by not identified: First Name Unknown, Last Name Unknown. The Times says the shorthand has taken on a life of its own in the court system, often being mistaken for a real name.

The Wall Street Journal whips out its stopwatch again in this morning’s paper. This time the focus is on pro baseball, which the paper estimates has just 17 minutes and 58 seconds of action in a typical game. In other words, 90 percent of the time, players are just standing around. That’s actually better than the average NFL game, which the Journal analyzed back in 2010 and found just 11 minutes of action.

Next Tuesday will mark the 10th time New York City has hosted MLB’s All-Star Game. So where are all its star players, asks USA Today? There are a few players in the starting line-up, like the Mets David Wright and the Yankees Robinson Cano but that’s nothing compared to the star power the city brought in say, 1934 when both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were on the field or in 1949 when it was Joe DiMaggio and Jackie Robinson.

It comes from up high and down low. The New York Times says the “city’s painful din” is due to a compendium of factors, including the fact that building permits are the highest they’ve been in 5 years and many construction crews are permitted to work through the night. Add that to your neighbor’s home theater system seeping through the thinner walls of new construction and the refrigerated Fresh Direct trucks roaming the streets and it’s a wonder anyone sleeps at all.

In the wake of the Asiana crash, flyers are anxious to know which airlines are safe to fly and which are not, but frustratingly the FAA is no help, says Steve Johnson of the San Jose Mercury News. That’s because the agency refuses to rate airlines based on their safety records. It does maintain a list of countries with shaky standards, but still allows aircrafts from those countries into U.S. airspace. Luckily, independent websites have stepped up to give customers some sense of who’s doing a good job. Finnair, Air New Zealand, and Cathay Pacific top the list of the world’s safest carriers. 

Police have just announced a breakthrough in the notorious Boston Strangler case. For decades authorities were unable to link the last of the 11 murders by the Boston Strangler to Albert DeSalvo but the Globe says police tracked down a nephew of the alleged killer and retrieved DNA from him after he dropped a water bottle at a construction site. The DNA proved with a 99 percent certainty that it was in fact DeSalvo’s DNA on the last victim’s body. They’ll exhume DeSalvo today in order to verify their findings.

A judge in Florida has issued a sharpely worded rebuke to prison guards at Guantanamo Bay, reports the Miami Herald this morning. The federal judge called for the immediate halt of genital pat-downs at the facility, saying they “directly discourage meetings with counsel and so stand in stark contrast to the president’s insistence on judicial review for every detainee.” Guards insist the pat-downs are necessary to ensure the safety of their staff.

When it’s hot outside, her shirt is the first thing to go. The New York Post has a photo of shirtless Lady Gaga walking the street of Manhattan yesterday. The singer flaunted her recent weight loss, says the Post, just five months after hip surgery. She did not, however, trade in her outrageously high leather heels for a pair of flip fops.

Looking for something new to do? USA Today compiles a good list of festivals around the world in this morning’s paper, featuring a little something for everyone. Munich’s Oktoberfest is a must for beer-lovers, as Coachella is for music-lovers. But what about the Calgary Stampede, a “Woodstock for cowboys and cowgirls,” which takes place every summer? Or Albuquerque’s International Balloon Festival, the largest in the world?

Some fashion designers are going where no one has gone before, says the New York Times, and turning their attention to the most decidedly unhip thing you can don: a bike helmet. Some are updating the traditional styrofoam oval with patterns like leopard, polka dots and tartan. Others are taking on the shape, and re-imaging the safety gear as objects that look more like hats or the less-bulky equestrian helmet.

The Wall Street Journal has some good packing tips in this morning’s paper to ensure you never have to check (or lose) a bag again. The first thing to do is invest in a good bag. Tumi, Globe-Trotter and Muji are all brands singled out for their lightweight yet roomy designs. Next, pare down your pile to only the essentials and pack only those. No need to pack an outfit—or six—for every situation your vacation might through at you.

As Princess Kate’s delivery date nears the British media is descending into a full-on frenzy reports USA Today. Reporters have been positioned outside the hospital that will welcome the royal baby for days now, and have turned to interviewing themselves as their wait grows longer. Media experts on the other sign of the pond say the story has captured the nation’s attention the way it has because it “ticks all the boxes”: “Attractive young people. Her first baby. A future monarch, third-in-line to the throne, even if it’s a girl. The first grandchild of the still-mourned Princess Diana.”

There’s an interesting story on the front page of the New York Times this morning about Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, and his decision to move to upstate New York in a bid to run for Congress. After purchasing a $5 million house in the town of Garrison, Hughes and his partner decided the location wasn’t right for his political ambitions and bought another, $2 million house with eyes on a different Congressional seat. Neighbors seem wary of Hughes ambitions: “How can he expect to represent people he doesn’t know?”

Life expectancy is on the rise in this country, reports the Washington Post this morning, but that doesn’t mean we’ve kicked any of our bad habits. A new study has found that chronic disabilities, things that are caused in large part by bad habits like smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, and alcohol abuse, are much higher in America than they are in other parts of the world. Researchers say the data is complex because many Americans are adopting healthy activities like running and jogging but so many others are becoming obese that the increase in physical exertion has little effect on national averages.

Resident’s of San Francisco’s Haight-Asbury neighborhood are up in arms, says the Wall Street Journal. The peace-loving residents recently worked to shut down a restaurant called Bacon Bacon because “the scent of bacon grease was blowin’ in the wind.” Now bacon fans are lining up—some 3000 turned out last week—to protest what they see as an unfair smear against their favorite meat. For the record, flavor scientists say while cooked bacon sends off that delicious smell most people know and love, the by-products can smell like paint of wet cardboard.

TV is going to the dogs, says the New York Post—literally. Next month is the launch of Dog TV, a cable channel dedicated to “stay-at-home canines.” The channel will show a variety of content, all with different personalities in mind. Jittery dogs, for example, might enjoy the relaxation shows which feature calm noises and pictures. Active dogs can burn off some energy with stimulation shows featuring “active camera movements, exciting animations and moving objects.” The whole package will set you back about $4.99 a month and is veterinarian-approved.

There will be no drug tests for the Asiana pilots in last weekend’s crash landing, reports the San Francisco Chronicle this morning, because the law doesn’t apply to foreign pilots. Experts say the problems started at about 500 feet, at which point the pilots realized they were too low and were not lined up with the runway correctly. It also appears that the plane was traveling about 30 miles slower than it should’ve been when it hit the seawall.

Broccoli lovers know there’s nothing like a bunch straight from the field. That idea was the driving force behind a Cornell scientist’s mission to create a new version of broccoli that can thrive in hot growing weather.  Traditionally, the vegetable thrives in cooler temperatures, which is why most of the stuff you see in the grocery store comes from fog-covered fields in California. The new version, however, is perfect for the “hot, steamy summers” of New York, South Carolina or Iowa. It’s also cheap to grow and is “crisp, subtly sweet and utterly tender when eaten fresh-picked,” a development that could lift “pedestrian broccoli into the ranks of the vegetable elite.”

Melissa Clark writes a great article this morning’s New York Times about cooking in a rental house when you have few ingredients and don’t want to buy one of everything. She says all you really need in terms of a pantry are some lemons, a nice bottle of olive oil and some flaky sea salt. Add in some garlic, parmesan and honey and you have all the building blocks you need. As for equipment, throw in a microplane for zesting and grating, a pepper mill, a few knives and some tongs are you’re all set.

The Boston Globe puts a rat-a-tat exchange from the Whitey Bulger trial on its front page this morning. Bulger, who is on trial for racketeering, had a heated back-and-forth with a star witness for the prosecution, which ended in a string of expletives that sounded straight out of a mob movie. It started with Bulger’s response to Kevin Weeks, a former protege of the gangster, who told the courtroom about a deal he made to testify: Bulger: “You suck.” Weeks: “[Expletive] you, okay.” Bulger: “[Expletive] you, too” Weeks: “What do you want to do?

Could passenger pigeons be brought back from the dead? The Washington Post says that’s the plan of a young biologist who is taking a page from the “Jurassic Park” playbook. His idea is to use passenger pigeon DNA taken from museums and “fill in the blanks” with the pieces from a common pigeon. The passenger pigeon, which went extinct in 1914, could be a common sight in less than a year if all goes well.

Forget models. The Wall Street Journal wants to know what America’s Next Top Berry will be. With the list of contenders a mile long, the Journal says every berry aspires to be the next blueberry, which became a superstar after research linked it to several health benefits. Now raspberry producers are hoping new research linking their product to cancer prevention will do the same thing. Also, look out for Olallieberries, which are a cross between a loganberry and youngberry.

Twinkies have always been famous for their shelf life, but when the iconic Hostess snacks return to stores next week they’ll come with an even longer one, says USA Today. The tweaked Twinkies will be good for about 45 days, says the company, compared to the 23 days the older iteration had before they…spoiled. And just to ensure there’s never a shortage again, Hostess says it will begin to deliver some of its cakes frozen so stores can thaw and sell as needed.

Dreaming of an ice-cold Coca-Cola? The LA Times says folks in Colombia are the first to get a taste of the new limited edition bottle, which is made from ice instead of glass. Yes, that’s right—coke in an ice bottle. It looks just like the old-fashioned variety but much, much colder. Around the bottle’s midsection is a grip so you can actually bring the bottle to your lips and when the bottle melts away you can use the grip as a bracelet. VIDEO

Doctors say they are treating a growing number of people for dry eyes. The culprits? Smartphones and air-conditioned office buildings. Postmenopausal women and the elderly are the usual suspects for dry-eye syndrome but in recent years the condition has spread across the population, says the Wall Street Journal.  Experts believe the problem has reached the heights it has because people aren’t blinking enough, a simple action that lubricates the eye.

Toronto was hit with a record amount of rain yesterday, says the Sun, making it the wettest day the city has seen in 50 years. Meteorologists blamed slow-moving thunderstorms for the deluge which caused massive flooding and led to “harrowing scenes” around the city. People abandoned their cars on the road as the rain kept pelting down and firefighters were forced to rescue dozens of passengers from stranded cars and trains.

The Wall Street Journal’s Scott McCartney writes a column about the selfishness of people who thinking about their stuff before their fellow passengers during emergency evacuations. Footage of the Asiana crash over the weekend shows passengers clutching their iPads, luggage—even two boxes of duty-free alcohol—as they navigate the plane’s inflatable slides. Another thing to think about, should you ever be forced to evacuate? Take off your high heels, which can puncture the slide and endanger people still on the plane.

According to this morning’s New York Times, 10 minutes of exercise three times a day seems to have about the same effect as a continuous 30 minutes of exercise. Researchers say it still isn’t clear how abbreviated you can get—i.e. do six five-minute walks have the same effect as one 30-minute stroll?—but they say in general, short bursts paced throughout the day seem to be better for you and your blood pressure.

There’s a powerful multipage piece in the New York Times sports section this morning about a Boston marathon bombing survivor’s road to recovery. Jeff Bauman was waiting at the finish line to cheer on his girlfriend when the first bomb went off. He lost both of his legs in the explosion. The Times chronicles the 27-year-old’s life in the months since, from his dozens of surgeries to his final fitting for prosthetics, where he took his first steps since the marathon.

The San Francisco Chronicle dedicates several pages to the plane crash that claimed the lives of two girls on Saturday. Dramatic footage shows Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashing onto the landing strip at SFO before bouncing up and onto its nose. The pilot was experienced, but it was only his ninth time flying a 777, which meant he was still in “training.” Officials are now trying to determine whether one of the two victims was run over by a rescue vehicle at the scene of the accident. VIDEO

The Wall Street Journal says a massive train explosion in Quebec is fueling the Keystone XL pipeline debate.  The project would connect oil-rich western Canada to the Gulf Coast states, and industry experts say it’s the safer alternative to transport oil across the border. This weekend’s crash—five people are confirmed dead and another 40 are still missing—was the latest in a series of accidents involving trains or trucks and petroleum and has led regulators to re-evaluate their use.

Going gluten-free is a popular choice these days, but the Minneapolis Star Tribune says it can be a dangerous step to take if you’re not properly diagnosed. Experts say people who omit gluten from their diet without doing the leg work could be suffering from celiac disease and by skipping an official diagnosis they may be setting themselves up for further complications down the line. Also, many people suffer from corn sensitivity too, which can be triggered by the corn byproducts used in gluten-free products.

It was worth the 77-year wait, says the Daily Mail. Andy Murray is “Murray the Magnificent” and the “Knight of Wimbledon” after the 26-year-old tennis star became the first British man in more than three-fourths of a century to claim the Wimbledon singles trophy. Murray fell to his knees after beating Serbian Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5 and 6-4 and received a standing ovation from the crowd.

The New York Daily News dedicates several pages to the rise of cold-brew coffee in today’s paper. There’s nothing that difficult about making a batch of cold-brew—all it requires is mixing coffee grounds with some purified water and letting the mixture steep for eight to 24 hours—but it’s become the drink this summer. To serve at home take your concentrated coffee, add some more filtered water and serve over ice—or try a cup at the handful of places singled out by the Daily News.

Think that’s a frog? Look again. It’s actually five women painted and arranged to look like a frog, says the New York Post. If you look closely, you can see that the limbs, legs and torso are each an intricately decorated person. Artist Johannes Stoetter is known for body painting models, which he then uses to recreate scenes from nature.

The state of Oregon is proposing a new deal for college students says the Wall Street Journal. You’d pay nothing for tuition but you’d sign a portion of your life away.  The idea is that for 24 years after graduation, students would pay 3 percent of their income into a state fund. Called Pay it Forward, Pay it Back, the program was conceived of as a way to deal with the nation’s crippling student-debt crisis.

The New York Times’ Stuart Elliott has a fun story about those “It’s Not Complicated” AT&T commercials with the kids, describing 28-year-old comedian Beck Bennett’s reoccurring spot as “‘The Colbert Report’ meets ‘Kids Say the Darnedest Things.’ ” He writes: “[Bennett] seems poised to join a lengthy list of actors who become synonymous with the brands they advertise by dint of the popularity of the campaigns, how often the campaigns appear or both.” WATCH THE ADS

Novak Djokovic says yes, he knows who Gumby is. And despite their shared characteristic of elasticity, he doesn’t like the comparison. He might not like it, says the New York Times, but it’s a description that’s lobbed at him by everyone who watches him play. The 26-year-old Serb has become known for his “quickness; power; tactical acumen; excellent technique and, in recent years, considerably improved endurance,” as much as for his twists, turns and splits.

According to a new study, the number of American men having affairs has held steady at 21 percent over the past two decades but the number of married women having affairs has risen 40 percent. The Daily Mail says financial independence and social media are the main catalysts behind the surge. While the percentage of wives who cheat is still less than men (14.7 percent) the increase indicates a “cultural shift” say experts.

The Wall Street Journal says the newest generation of cleaners are built for consumers who “have a high tolerance for rooms that are works-in-progress—and a low tolerance for Saturday afternoon scrubbing sessions.” In other words, they are formulated to be fast. The Journal says “touch-up cleaning” now accounts for 70 percent of all household chores, up from 40 percent five years ago.

You’re supposed to scream on a roller coaster. That’s not an argument that worked on the neighbors of Great America, says the San Jose Mercury News. The amusement park was forced to close down its latest ride the Gold Striker because riders were emitting such “blood-curdling screams” that local businesses began to complain. The ride is being retrofitted with a tunnel to muffle the screams and hopes to open in time for the 4th of July.

Neil Diamond has penned a new song, just in time for the 4th of July, reports the USA Today this morning. Called “Freedom Song,” Diamond says he was inspired by the tragedy at this year’s Boston Marathon: “This song has been bubbling inside of me for a long time…“I didn’t know what it would be when I first started it, but I knew it was a love song; a love song between a man, his country and his fellow citizens.” He’ll debut the song during the Washington Nationals-Milwaukee Brewers baseball game tomorrow night.