Above: An oldie but goodie.
 
Gay bars’ ban on Russian vodka is going global - The Atlantic Wire

Nepal sees tiger population go up by 63% since 2009 - BBC

Pope: Door ‘closed’ on women priests - USA Today

Boys with autism or ADHD more prone to overuse video games - NPR

Tar sands oil has been leaking into Alberta, Canada for 10 weeks and no one knows how to stop it - Think Progress

Early photos of the blind experiencing a museum through touch - Atlas Obscura

In America, the cheese is dead - Kottke

Verdict to be read on Tuesday for Bradley Manning WikiLeaks case - Reuters

Why do we treat literature’s male and female alcoholics so differently? - FlavorWire

Nearly a third of NYC renters pay 50% or more of their annual income to simply exist in their homes - Gothamist

8 appalling ways America leads the world - Salon

Fast food workers to hold one-day strike to protest low wages - CBS New York

When William S. Burroughs joined Scientology (and his 1971 book denouncing it) - Open Culture

Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe have just been slapped with a laundry list of criminal charges—ranging from bank fraud to tax evasion—and now, they both face more than 50 years in prison - TMZ

Elephants are so crafty they carry out their raids on plantations to coincide with the darkest nights, scientists have found - Business Standard

India: A 17-year-old student was beaten to death by his classmates and their friends in full public view in Alwar district when he refused to give his pen to one of the accused during classes on Friday - Times of India

Serco: the company that is running Britain - The Guardian

Incan child mummies show evidence of sacrificial rituals - Nature.com

Bitcoin just became illegal in Thailand - The Daily Dot

Francis Bacon’s paintbrushes set to auction for $38,000 - ANIMAL

Below, The Jesus Lizard live on 4-29-1991 in Washington, DC: