$$$ In Victory for Google, U.S. Ends Antitrust Investigation [NYT]
$$$ Scandal Hits Greek Tourism Agency [WSJ]
$$$ Fairytale of New York — in pari passu, anyway [FTAV]
$$$ John McAfee Pimped Out 29 ‘Pillow Talk Masters’ to Spy on Belize: Here’s What He Found [NYO]
$$$ Russia grants citizenship to Depardieu [FT, outstanding photo]
$$$ A little bit of adolescent pushback, as teens begin to express their individuality, is good, said Leslie Whitten Baughman, a child therapist with a practice in Sacramento. But drugging your parents “would not be a healthy level of rebellion.” [Sac Bee]
$$$ A top electronic trading firm is looking for a C++ developer in LA [DBCC]
$$$ Transocean to pay $1.4 billion for role in BP oil spill [Reuters]
$$$ “Loblaw Buying Canada Safeway No Pipe Dream in Spinoff” [Bloomberg!]
$$$ The Macroeconomics of Middle Earth [WCI]
$$$ Why Are Dogs Racist? Canine Experts Speak [Gawker]
$$$ Drew Magary profiles Snoop Lion (né Snoop Dogg) [GQ]
telling these little stories, here's a good idea: Have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener.