February 14, 2013: Afternoon
- American Airlines and US Airways confirm $11-billion merger, and will operate together under the American brand.
- CBS footage of a gun battle from the final stage of the manhunt for Christopher Dorner.
- Quest to end the miserable migraines.
- Addiction to "ataya"—a hot, strong tea—becoming a threat to society in Sierra Leone.
- The legal high market is becoming an informal opt-in drug-testing experiment with paying subjects.
- New Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue criticized for using non-westerners as "ethnic props" to sell boobs and bikinis.
- Honeycomb of solar walls credited with 19th-century peach-growing success.
- Burglar in Canada's safest town returns family's stolen goods, includes note of apology and $50 for the broken door.
- New mark of punctuation proposed for the digital era: The ElRey Mark.
- Mona Lisa hanging in the Louvre could be a copy of a Swiss original.
- Related: Mona Lisa painted in the various styles of famous artists.
- Hilary Mantel on Buckingham Palace, Kate Middleton, Diana, and why she looks upon the current Queen as meat.
- The life and times of the Bristol kid who would become Banksy.
- It takes a long time for an audience to relax on Monday nights, and other things Thom Yorke has learned.
- Brief profiles of other popes who quit on the job.
- Seal tries to engulf photographer, then attempts to nurture him with dead penguins for four and a half days.