Headlines from March 12, 2012

Iran War Clock at 10 minutes to midnight—48% chance that Israel or the U.S. will strike Iran in the next year.
Tracking art for Sothebys depends “on both a high tolerance for monotony and a willingness to flirt.”
Dating site for married couples aims to reduce the divorce rate.
Horror stories from the world of online dating.
Running the numbers on how Gerhard Richter, who once couldn’t move a single candle painting, became the best-selling living artist.
Nothing funnier than a German trying to say “squirrel.”
Western artists made Hokusai’s “Great Wave” one of Japan’s most iconic images.
Today in #TheRooster: Giant book meets small book, with Misha Angrist judging.
Big demand on the web for authoritative reviews of doctors, but supply is lacking.
Famed computer scientist analyzes quarter-century of his own digital stats.
Public high schools sell seats to foreign students—up to $30k for a year in a public American school.
St. Louis teenagers run game “knockout”—attempt to knock out a stranger with a single punch.
How the “win-win” situation of organ donation is complicated by a blurred line between life and death.
“It is with mixed emotions that Muppet Labs offers you a hearty congratulations on the recent success of your Mars Rovers.”
Up to 47 men, women, children found tortured and killed in Homs.
In the past year at least 26 Tibetans, mostly young Buddhist monks, have set fire to themselves.
The West Wing now appreciated as totem by young people working in Washington.
The original Walter Kirn GQ essay on business travelers that became Up in the Air.
Trailer for the surf life all those business travelers want to live. #video
Unlimited vacation policies lead to rise in productivity.
Stories from the New York-to-Paris auto race of 1908.
Dick Vitale meltdown over prospect of a Kentucky-Carolina March final. #video
Ads for the Berlin Philharmonic feature instruments photographed from the inside.
Jonah Lehrer: “Creative” is not a “type,” but a skill fraught with uncertainty.
Profile of Jonny Greenwood, who says fans would be surprised by Radiohead’s constant uncertainty.
Did I want to spend all my time working on a painting? No, I wanted to have fun, travel, meet women and live life. Confessions of a master forger of Expressionists.
Most expensive Starbucks drink possible tops $20, tastes “tolerable, but not good.”
Calculate your “death by caffeine” coffee point.