April 25, 2013: Morning
- Congressional lawmakers and aides from both parties have been working quietly for months to exempt themselves from new health care exchanges.
- UK avoids triple-dip recession with better than expected GDP growth.
- Spain's economic crisis evident in the declining quality of its ham sandwiches.
- American overseas food aid mired in "scandalous" inefficiencies, appearing mostly to aid American farmers and shippers.
- Virgin America passengers can use on-flight entertainment systems to send drinks and flirtatious texts to one another.
- FedEx beats UPS for $10.5 billion account to carry postal-service mail between airports.
- Elvis impersonator suspected of sending ricin to Obama says he was framed by local martial arts instructor.
- Death toll from Bangladesh building collapse now at 194; huge crowd of onlookers obstructing rescue efforts.
- What it's like to be Muslim in Boston right now.
- Last week, a half-dozen orcas battled a pod of sperm whales off Sri Lanka.
- Among male basketball players, some have style, some are styled—and most lack the conviction of the game's female players.
- Compendium of saxophone solos performed in pop songs from the 1980s.
- See also: Nine minutes of Homer Simpson performing "Saxamaphone."
- After a string of highly publicized breakups, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift now dating the 22-foot Watertown boat.
- Women on family-owned coffee plants in African countries handle 70% of maintenance and harvesting work, with little control of finances.
- Round-up of 10 songs for coffee lovers.
- Top Chef blogger attends Top Chef cruise and lists everything he eats and drinks in three days.