March 18, 2013: Afternoon
- U.S. must decide whether to break from policy and permit South Korea to go nuclear and deflect northern aggression.
- Brandon Maxfield was shot when he was seven; now 26 and a quadriplegic, he's been a major force behind the end of cheap, unsafe guns.
- Cypriots panic as the struggling government seizes up to 10% of their personal savings without warning.
- South African cardinal argues that pedophilia should be seen as an illness, rather than "a criminal condition."
- If past popes are any indication, Francis's choice of footwear shows his attitude toward tradition, and how he might lead.
- Fifty years ago, the Gideon decision guaranteed defendants the right to a lawyer; today's justice system makes every effort to shirk the duty.
- Putin-backed Russian Orthodox church advises followers to give up social media for Lent.
- NYC's shelters attract homeless outside the city—despite Bloomberg's hyperbole, they don't arrive in private jets.
- New York officials to sterilize rats using traps resembling wine and cheese.
- Once thought uninhabitable, the bottom of the Mariana Trench is now known to be filled with active microbe communities.
- David Hasselhoff heads to Germany to save the last standing remnants of the Berlin Wall from property developers.
- Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! reviews a new yogurt for men, aka "brogurt."