Today is the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Last year, the papers devoted a lot of attention to the 10th anniversary. This year, not so much. (The New York Daily News was a notable exception, with a front page photo and many pages of coverage.)  USA Today wonders whether September 11th will fade into our memories in the way Pearl Harbor has faded. Or the JFK Assassination. Or the Challenger explosion. An “American Pulse” survey presented this statement to Americans: “I have moved on from the events of September 11th.” Seventy percent said they agreed.

Are we too clean? That’s the premise of a book reviewed in today’s New York Times, which argues that our bodies gotten soft because of a lack of bacteria to fight off. The reviewer is impressed with the data supporting the hygiene hypothesis but seems unconvinced of the actual argument: “Does our path to good health lie in breathing microbe-rich dust and regaining the fecal content of our ancestors?”

Some useful advice in the Washington Post this morning, about how to not throw like a girl. Scientists define “throwing like a girl” as akin to throwing a dart, rather than a ball—it’s all forearm. Apparently, there’s a learning gap that starts around age four when boys develop their overhand throwing ability about three times faster than girls. By the teenage years, the gap is so prominent, “nearly every boy by age 15 throws better than the best girl.”

Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to install speed cameras around Chicago but there’s a snag in his plan, says the Tribune. Due to a 38-year-old state law, in order to fine a driver for speeding in a school zone, a child must be present. That means the high tech cameras must get clear high-definition photos of both speeding cars and their license plates, and one of a child, “preferably in the same shot.”

The state of Florida is hiring for a hard-to-fill position, says the Sun Sentinel: gator trapper. The job focuses on getting rid of nuisance gators—those which are bigger than four feet. To qualify, applicants must “have a clean criminal history, a valid email, and preferably, experience handling gators.”

Andrew Ross Sorkin has an interesting column on AIG in the New York Times this morning. He says there was something unique about the plot twist involved in AIG’s bailout—it actually worked. He’s talking about the Treasury Department’s announcement this week that it plans to sell $18 billion of its stake in AIG, “a feat that nobody — including Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner — anticipated four years ago at the peak of the crisis during the $180 billion bailout of the company.”

The New York Post says 19-year-old Cassandra Bankson’s video on how to cover up pimples with makeup was such a hit on YouTube that it turned into a modeling career. Bankson, who suffers from a condition called cystic acne, was taunted and called “the Virus” in school. But using a combination of primer, concealer and foundation she’s able to transform her face—and her life.

Hurricane Isaac caused a lot of destruction, says the Birmingham News, but he did bring one cool thing with him: frigate birds. Folks all over Alabama have reported seeing the striking birds, which have six-foot wingspans and razor sharp tails and are normally found in Central America and the Galapagos Islands, since the storm.