April 5, 2012: Morning
- Pensioner kills himself outside Athens parliament, reportedly leaving note blaming austerity measures.
- Revenge-porn profiteer says he's ready to get rich if an image he publishes causes someone to off themselves.
- Romney's views on Europe are a caricature having little to do with Europe.
- Heilemann vets potential veep candidates for Mitt.
- Scotland’s first minister ties hopes of winning independence to memories of Bannockburn, where a Scottish king annihilated an English army.
- How Bolivia lost its hat.
- Head of top French university found dead in Manhattan hotel under "suspicious" circumstances.
- How to say goodbye to running.
- Sam Anderson on our current world of stupid hyperaddictive video games.
- Body Mass Index (BMI) most likely underestimating America's rate of obesity.
- Chart shows clothes with the same size label becoming steadily larger over time.
- Life lesson: When your cat tries to warn you of impending disaster, don't give him an enema.
- New RadioLab episode investigates guts, with Mary Roach exploring a cow stomach.
- American history as reported by Perez Hilton.
- Pictures of Los Angeles, 1860-1886.