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RANDOM LINKS FOR 8/20/12

August 19th, 2012 by Clark Humphrey

slate.com

The images used to sell prog-rock LPs are often more intriguing than the noodle-y music itself.
Jonah Keri at the ESPN/McSweeney’s site Grantland lists 27 notable things about Felix Hernandez’s perfect game. That’s one item for each out.
And here are some clips and GIFs of Hernandez’s feat, and a video compiling all his 27 consecutive outs.
When Metro Transit dumps the downtown “ride free area” next month, ride times and congestion could get significantly longer/worse. That’s in addition to the impact on people of all economic castes getting around in the city’s center.
Tuition at Washington’s major colleges and universities more than doubled over the past 20 years, while average incomes stayed flat.â€¦
â€¦while state-government employment dropped by more than 15,000 people this past year.
Bill Maher says outright that “voter ID laws are racist;” while a Republican Senate candidate in Missouri suggests repealing the Voter Rights Act.
Unknown artists spent a lot of time creating a big installation piece using stuff found inside an abandoned Detroit church.
Tony Scott, 1944-2012: The director of Top Gun died from a depression-inspired suicide, just like too many of our real-life troops.