29 April 2010: Morning
By The Morning News
—
New oil leak discovered off Louisiana coast; rate now 5,000 barrels a day, not 1,000.
Stabber injures 28 children in China--third such knife attack in a month.
Eight opinions on who should replace Justice Stevens.
"Black elephant"--a widely predicted event that people will claim to be a "black swan" when it occurs.
How I Met Your Motherboard: tales of early computing.
Instapaper: n+1's intellectual tale of the internet, gaming, computers, and "webism."
Social Media is becoming Facebook Media, Corporate Media, Marketing Media, and that is depressing.
Study: Discursive practices on the left and right of the blogosphere.
Legendary historian Stephen Ambrose posthumously accused of plagarism.
A longtime smoker (who died of lung cancer in 2002), maybe Mr. Ambrose was given to tempting fate and playing with fire.
Summary of the current state of sleep science, and what's called "good sleep hygiene."
Heartwarming story of Ze Frank creating the "Chillout Song" for an anxious fan.
Surveilleince techniques and paranoia when a Briton runs away from Big Brother society and taunts detectives to find him.
Sidewalk artist takes credit-card donations through his cell phone.
World's only Asian Master of Wine says her ethnicity casts doubt on her palate.
