April 9, 2014

• One in six Americans can find Ukraine on a map; the farther away people guessed, the more likely they were to support intervention.
• At least 20 students stabbed in a Pittsburgh area high school.
• Low-income housing in Los Angeles has evolved from dull, ugly buildings to some of the city's most interesting structures.
• Gentrification is a "long-term human rights violation."
• Winnipeg, Canada crowned the “Slurpee Capital of the World” for 14 years running.
• Guardian reporter tries to embed herself in London's most expensive neighborhood: Kensington Palace Gardens.
• See also: Pictures of strange and/or great American public libraries.
• Obama attempts to reframe equal pay as a family issue; meanwhile, nearly a quarter of married women earn more than their husbands.
• After three decades of decline, a recent rise in the number of stay-at-home moms is due to a lack of jobs.
• In Pakistan, nine-month-old boy faces charges of attempted murder.
• Yale University threatened to expel a naturally underweight student based on a “blind reliance” to a Body Mass Index test.
• Sam Sifton shares tips, tools, and Roberta's pizza-dough recipe to encourage home cooks to bake pies.
• Legacy of Vera Nabokov—Vladimir's dedicated wife-cum-assistant—continues to challenge the notion of equal partnership in literary couples.
• See also: Life and times of Dmitri Nabokov, mountain climber, race car driver, and his dad's best translator.
• Oslo police release pictures of a man found in a snow drift, suffering from complete memory loss.
• Letterman's blasé attitude toward guests has been replaced by the eager-beaver shtick of hosts like Jimmy Fallon.
• Pictures of celebrities and mattresses that look alike.