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

Hey, did you read: 

• That Boeing has made the lightest metal in the world? —Sue Kwong

• That Twitter is laying off 8 percent of its staff? —Kevin Warwick

• And hear Natalie Moore's report on not-so-open housing in the northern burbs? —Steve Bogira

• About how men from the secluded Caribbean island of Old Providence are disappearing after turning to drug trafficking? —Kevin Warwick

• That Condé Nast has bought Pitchfork Media? —Philip Montoro

• That the Village Voice has been sold? —J.R. Jones

• That soon you'll only read Playboy for the articles? —Ryan Smith

• That Anheuser-Busch InBev looks set to acquire SABMiller? —John Dunlevy

• . . . and that the "U.S. Justice Department is probing allegations that Anheuser-Busch InBev . . . is seeking to curb competition in the beer market by buying distributors"? —John Dunlevy

• About the first providers of legal abortions? —Aimee Levitt