April 27, 2012: Morning
- Blind legal activist escapes house arrest in China, now hiding somewhere in Beijing.
- Qiu Xiaolong: Bo Xilai never returned my favorite red Double Happiness Ping-Pong racket.
- China's ruling Communist Party's People's Daily website debuts on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, surges 78% on its first day.
- North Carolina's Boxun.com, where Chinese readers look for unfiltered muckraking, watches traffic pour in while fending off web attacks.
- Serbian Otpor revolutionary now teaches non-violent tactics to activists in more than 40 countries.
- "Compass" cells are new clues on how birds detect and interpret magnetic fields.
- Apple plans private off-campus restaurant to prevent eavesdropping on company secrets.
- Cyclist uses GPS to trace shapes across Baltimore map.
- Homebuyers face bidding wars once more—some say it's because foreclosures have been slow to reach the market.
- What we're actually seeing in the ocean is this kind of chowder of plastic...these little bits [are] getting into the food chain.
- Goth for life.
- Once-rival New York radio stations WBLS and KISS-FM begin simulcasting, will complete their merge on Monday.
- Mixtapes deliver the sound of New York radio in the late-'80s/early-'90s.