Headlines from April 18, 2012

Afghan school administrators claim drinking water poisoned to keep girls out of class.
Odds considered on when Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will travel abroad, and whether Myanmar will let her back in.
Evidence weighed in the case of a man who believes a stroke made him gay.
Everyday objects broken down to their inner parts. #photography #tmn
People who don’t use Facebook are akin to anyone who rejected having a telephone at home.
Writers: Jonathan Franzen will drop your book if you use the word “then” as a conjunction without a subject following it.
Musing on internet-speak and how written language may evolve to increase information density—i.e., saying more with less characters.
Pop quiz: Is it a quote from Edith Wharton or a line from a review of Girls?
The “manners and meanings” of the Obama era won’t be shown on TV until the 2050s, when 40-somethings become nostalgic.
Twitter feed of the 1912 diary of a London Symphony timpanist.
In London, exhibit of 1,001 analog TV sets marks today’s switch to digital TV.
The astonishing “Hologram Tupac” is only one in a long line of singing ghosts.
Buffett’s cancer diagnosis refuels conversation about succession for Berkshire Hathaway.
Investigation finds records of colonial crimes were destroyed during the waning years of the British empire.
In his Kremlin-owned TV debut, Julian Assange awkwardly interviews Hezbollah leader.
You know, he is what he is. Stuck with each other, Mitt Romney and the Tea Party look for common ground.
Genetic testing enables a writer to trace her lineage back to a Neanderthal forebeat.
And now a few minutes with Andy Rooney’s Homo Erectus ancestor. #tmn
Most of Kenya’s Olympic medal winners come from a single tribe, the Kalenjin, of whom there are only 4.4 million.
While video chatting, some realize they want face lifts—few would get a face lift to look better for video chats.
All that stands between you and testifying in court as a certified forensic consultant is $500, an open-book test, and 90 minutes of online instruction.
All the board is asked to do is to read three top novels that we’ve given to them. Pulitzer judges angered over AWOL fiction award.
Ultimately, nominating the best musical instrument is like nominating the best position for sex. There’s no “best.”
Psychologists observe link between glucose depletion and decision fatigue or loss of self-control.
In Singapore, Coke debuts a drink machine that requires patrons hug it to get their beverage.