News That Stays News

Linked January 6, 2011

1. The decline of serial killers, as reported by Slate. There were only about a third as many serial killers in the 00s as there were in the 80s.

2. The decline of American crime in Time.

The human dimension of this turnaround is extraordinary: had the rate remained unchanged, an additional 170,000 Americans would have been murdered in the years since 1992. That’s more U.S. lives than were lost in combat in World War I, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq — combined. In a single year, 2008, lower crime rates meant 40,000 fewer rapes, 380,000 fewer robberies, half a million fewer aggravated assaults and 1.6 million fewer burglaries than we would have seen if rates had remained at peak levels.

3. Rhyming Road Signs in India that one Economist reporter saw on her way to the airport.

4. A look at the life of Chinese expats in Britain and Western expats in China. Guess who adapts better?

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