11 April 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Ivory Coast's Gbagbo captured, ending standoff and siege.
Jordanian self-immolates outside prime minister's office in Amman.
Five killed in shooting spree in Dutch shopping mall, 12 in similar incident at Brazilian public school.
Man who shot John Wilkes Booth went on to live in constant fear of assassins.
U.S. ranks twelfth in per-capita Twitter use; Brazil flies in at number one.
Research shows including LOL in the dictionary enriches language; kids who use slang are more articulate.
Defense of epigraphs: good ones "glow like a mood ring on a humid hand."
French minister says his favorite novel is clothing shop Zadig et Voltaire.
Long read: Chinese package tour sees five European countries in 10 days, eating Chinese along the way.
Charcuteroulette, putting you in touch with random meat products from around the world.
Downloadable versions of this year's National Magazine Award finalists.
Lovely Zadie Smith article on watching Christian Marclay's "The Clock," a 24-hour film that tells time from film cuttings.
Photos of scuttlings to create artificial reefs.
Tour de Pakistan mostly flat for over 1,000 miles; stragglers draft highway traffic.
Reportage and climbing videos of the world's tallest trees, who cannot flee paparazzi.
Profile: On the making of Radiolab; recent episode, "The Soul Patch," with Oliver Sacks and Chuck Close.
Kevin Smith, who never intended to be a filmmaker, soon to leave filmmaking to pursue original dream of hanging out and talking.
Audio: TMN's Matthew Baldwin on autism in entertainment (see source).
