Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.

Hey, did you read:

• That the Tea Party may be over? —Steve Bogira

• That Democrats are nervous about the rich guy giving them money to fight climate change? —Mick Dumke

• About breathalyzers that can diagnose cancer? —Brianna Wellen

• An interview with Glenn Greenwald in GQ? —Tal Rosenberg

• About the solar array you can drive on? —Tony Adler

• That marine investigators may have found the remains of Columbus's Santa Maria shipwrecked off the coast of Haiti? —Aimee Levitt

• About why we don't eat swans anymore? —Mike Sula

• That H.R. Giger died? —Gwynedd Stuart

• That Casey Kasem is missing? —Drew Hunt

That college dropout Sean John Combs/Puff Daddy/Diddy/P. Diddy not only gave Howard University's commencement speech but was given an honorary degree as a Doctor of Humanities? —Jessica Cohn