April 12, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Kim's biggest miscalculation may have been in assuming that Beijing and Moscow would indulge his rhetoric.
- Former North Korean spy calls Kim Jong-un's nuclear program "a bargaining chip for aid."
- In a satirical video, Syrian rebels announce they will protect the U.S. from North Korea armed with crutches and canes.
- The similar histories of Syria's and North Korea's dictatorships spell trouble for the Kim Jong-un's future.
- The New York Times asks residents of Korea, Japan, and China—and those with family there—how the nuclear threat is affecting them.
- What happened when Chinese entrepreneurs tried to build a brewery in North Korea.
- Shiner Beer announces it's finally coming to New York.
- In Texas, where automakers can't sell direct, Tesla "galleries" can only tempt—test-drives and buying discussions are forbidden.
- Lance Armstrong sells off his Austin estate for less than a third of the asking price.
- Irish bank misquotes James Joyce in honorary coin, claims it's a matter of "artistic representation."
- Controversial "eco-sex activists" use porn to raise money for rainforest preservation.
- As climate change shifts vineyards further north or south, wine consumption poses a threat to biodiversity.
- Some foodies celebrate cicada season by preparing them in jello, sushi, pizza, and tacos.
- Flora and fauna included bat-men, maidens with luna-moth wings, and moon bison.
