March 1, 2012: Morning
- In the first talks with the U.S. in three years, North Korea agrees to halt production of nuclear weapons.
- Even if Pyongyang does live up to the deal, they will almost certainly start the program back up in a few years.
- Iran conjures the Great Satan to lure voters to the polls.
- Dear Mitt: Before firebranding "oil imports," remember most come not from Saudi Arabia, but Canada.
- France calls on EU to investigate legality of Google's new privacy policy, which begins today.
- Scientist who replicated H5N1 says the virus is not as dangerous as the public has been led to believe.
- It's true: Wearing lab coats makes people feel smart.
- Animal welfare groups outraged over the proliferation of bear bile farms in China.
- Istanbul's ambivalent relationship with 100,000 half-domesticated dogs.
- Mountain climbers discover near-extinct "tree lobsters" on rock formation off Australian coast.
- Ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, Brazil removes the broken planes littering its tarmacs.
- Truly bad films are dying out—and that's a shame.
- The last madam of the Chicken Ranch, which inspired "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," has died.