Headlines from March 7, 2013

Nora Ephron’s son on her last days, final work, and feeling guilty about crying in the hospital when Hitchens had not. #longreads
The death of Hugo Chávez as told by front pages from Latin American newspapers.
Final moments of the Chebarkul meteor reconstructed in order to pin down its origin and how it got to Earth.
Nearly half of all Native American women have been raped, beaten, or stalked by an intimate partner.
Scientists go data-mining on the internet to find unreported side effects of prescription drugs.
If a modified strain of H5N1 virus escaped from research labs, it could cause an outbreak with 1 billion casualties.
Recruiters are skeptical that 13 million LinkedIn members are really skilled at “management.”
Neurologist and cartoonists explain how the funny happens and where jokes begin.
Reporter moves in with Jimmy Kimmel in order to write a profile, get stoned, and study his extreme attention to detail.
Our Tournament of Books, presented by NOOK® by Barnes & Noble, swings into daily action today. #tob13
New study finds ways that an adult brain could become more adolescent, ergo more nimble, whether for therapy or cognitive enhancement.
Pitchaya Sudbanthad on the political, culinary, and TV-watching preferences of northern and southern Thailand. #tmn
Milton Glaser toasts his logo design for Brooklyn Brewery, celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Volvo announces cyclist detection facility which will stop the car if a biker suddenly swerves into the way.
See also: How not to kill a cyclist. #tmn
Privacy will mean nothing when everyone’s wearing Google glasses; also, the benefits will accrue to Google, not the wearer. #opinions
Berlusconi convicted over wiretap, meanwhile appealing another conviction and facing two additional verdicts.
Logic says the CIA didn’t give Chávez cancer; its history of assassination ploys suggests it would have used a poisonous wetsuit.
North Korea threatens pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States and South Korea.
For Israelis, Biblical and Hitchcock references are irresistible when locusts arrive from Egypt three weeks before Passover.
Animals capturing prey in slow motion. #video
Algorithm results in store selling T-shirt labeled “Keep Calm and Rape a Lot,” and the store claims it had no idea.
Rape, March Madness, basketball in the state of Kentucky, and a story of one woman’s varied experiences with victory. #tmn
Indiana and Kentucky have unwittingly created one of the world’s best natural experiments for testing two methods of procuring infrastructure.
Architectural critic offers advice to LA’s next mayor on which glaring embarrassments to fix first.
Arabic video games attempt to break stereotypes, provide venue for free speech in countries with heavy censorship.
Thirty native speakers of various Sinitic languages offer Chinese words that may be the equivalent of English’s “nerd.”
Good article on what it’s like to rely on lipreading, when even the best lip-readers can only decipher 30% of what’s being said.
I used to read fanfic crosslegged, lap covered by my laptop, back slightly bowed but supported by cushions. Intellectual appreciation for fanfic.
The Tournament of Books swings into daily action today, with YA taking on the National Book Awards. #tob13
TMN’s Rosecrans Baldwin on Anne Carson’s sequel to Autobiography of Red.
Oldie but goodie: For hardcore TMN heads, children’s music analyzed by Leslie Harpold, Sarah Hepola, Choire Sicha. #tmn
Round-up of 38 amusing local news captions.