April 16, 2012: Morning
- El Salvador marks its first murder-free day in almost three years.
- For the first time, Kim Jong-un addresses the North Korean people—his father addressed the nation only once.
- Uncovering new clues in the mystery surrounding the Bush National Guard story that ended Dan Rather's career.
- As more voter information becomes available to campaigns, microtargeting is replaced by nanotargeting.
- Before diamond rings were status gestures, they were virginity insurance.
- A former TSA head takes on airport security theater and proposes alternatives that might actually work.
- Wealth psychologists help the super-rich deal with their guilt.
- New York taxes bagels; Alabama taxes playing cards.
- A fair and balanced guide to choosing between New York and San Francisco.
- New York versus Paris, in graphic form.
- Why more first-class males survived the Titanic may have more to do with their stewards, rather than nicer clothes.
- Story of lost Indian boy who found his mother using Google Earth may become a new motion picture.
- Create your own Philip Glass composition.
- Long watch: Academic analysis of The Wire's visual style.