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Palestinian Bashir Tamimi, 57, drinks water from a spring on land that he says belongs to his family. Teenagers from a nearby Israeli settlement built collection pools and brought in picnic tables when they saw no one using the spring. It has now become a source of conflict.

A West Bank Spring At The Center Of Deadly Struggle

Israeli settlers turned the area near the spring into a picnic spot. A local Palestinian says the land has been in his family for generations. The fight is symbolic of the much larger battle over West Bank land.

In Hyderabad, Osmania University students celebrate the announcement of the separate Indian state of Telangana, on July 30. India's ruling Congress Party approved a resolution earlier that day to create the new state, amid fears that the decision could spark violence in the region.

Why India's Next State Is Not Likely To Be The Last

India has just approved plans to create a new state. Critics worry that the decision has opened a Pandora's box by fanning the flames of other long-simmering separatist movements, some of which are already demonstrating for their own states.

The Effort To Write Laws For Your Digital Life After Death

Without uniformity around who controls digital assets after you die, families have to rely on Internet companies' varying terms of agreements. It can be a maddening lack of certainty in an already difficult time.

Tawana Brawley, with the Rev. Al Sharpton, in 1988.

15 Years Later, Tawana Brawley Has Paid 1 Percent Of Penalty

As a teenager, Brawley said she had been attacked and raped by white men. The young African-American's accusations hit front pages, especially after Rev. Al Sharpton took up her case. When a jury said the tale was a hoax, one of the men who was accused sued. Now, he's getting some of the money.

The Hackable Japanese Toilet Comes With An App To Track Poop

The news that a Japanese toilet can be remotely controlled by an Android app got us curious about what else was possible with this toilet technology.

Data Dive Finds Doctors For Rent

Doctors in states where corruption is more common appear more likely to be influenced by drug company payments than those in states with fewer corruption-related crimes. Male doctors, overall, appear more likely to be swayed by drug industry payments than their female colleagues.

<strong>The Vikings Have Landed</strong><strong>:</strong> Photographer Ved Chirayath staged this photograph in Palo Alto Foothills Park in California last December.

No Tax Dollars Went To Make This Space Viking Photo

An enterprising grad student staged a striking photograph of Viking re-enactors pillaging through a park. NASA officials joined them — which led to multiple government investigations.

View of the front page of the October 30, 2009 edition of The Washington Post.

'Washington Post' To Be Sold To Amazon's Jeff Bezos

Bezos will pay $250 million in cash for the venerable journalism institution.

Tuba City, Ariz., corrections supervisor Robbin Preston in front of the new jail on the Navajo Nation. The recidivism rate was so high, Preston couldn't keep track of it.

From Cops To Lawyers, Indian Country Copes With High Crime

The Navajo Nation is one of the most violent reservations in the country. The U.S. attorney's office tries to take on the most violent crimes, but it often lacks enough evidence to prosecute. And because of antiquated tribal codes, the maximum Navajo court sentence is one year.

Tawana Brawley and the Rev. Al Sharpton at a protest in 1988.

The Racial Backdrop Of The Tawana Brawley Case

The bizarre Tawana Brawley case unfolded in a New York City riven by crime and racial animus.

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