April 3, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- The federal government's sequestration continues, but Democrats and Republicans say Obama cried wolf about airline travel.
- It would be easier to take conservatives seriously about gun control if they didn't support massive military spending.
- The Netherlands, Berlin's staunch ally in pushing for budgetary discipline in Europe, falls into an economic crisis.
- For your information: "Dyed sugar-water deems classical music boring."
- Egypt and America argue over the Egyptian Jon Stewart, under investigation for "psychologically affecting" citizens by joking about President Mohamed Morsi.
- Andrea Seigel on "ASMR"—receiving a tingling sensation in the mind when people whisper.
- Day in the life of China's "black guard," detaining citizens who come to Beijing to file petitions and then sending them home.
- Despite Assad's claims, study finds amount of foreign fighters in Syria's opposition isn't many, but it's difficult to measure.
- Largest-ever survey of social class in the UK suggests there are now seven social ranks, ranging from the "Precariat" to the elite.
- Round-up of good recent questions from Discovery.com.
- Lester Bangs remembers Elvis, who gave him an "erection of the heart" in a way Mick Jagger could never match.
- Composer and sound artist Diego Stocco creates duet for leaves and turntable.
- Paintings of oil paint magnified a thousandfold.
- Norwegian explorer finds forgotten cache of food on his 86th day of crossing the South Pole alone.
- Studies support increasing scientific consensus that pre-exercise stretching is mostly unnecessary and likely counterproductive.
- Rutger's men's basketball coach suspended for abusing players, but will keep his job.
- Baseball games played in Civil War prison camps contributed significantly to the game's spread after the war.
