March 22, 2013: Afternoon
- Number of dead pigs found in two Chinese rivers rises to 16,000; authorities still say Shanghai's water is safe to drink.
- E-cigarette sales doubled last year, and are expected to double again in 2013; "vaping" seen as smoking's next step.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates almost dies in an Amtrak Quiet Car, then flies to Paris.
- Formal charges filed against Sarkozy for allegedly accepting cash-stuffed brown envelopes from L'Oréal heiress to illegally fund his 2007 campaign.
- Political obituary for Sarkozy, best remembered as an anomaly among French presidents.
- Eighty-six elephants killed in Chad for East Asian ivory trade; African forest elephants may face extinction, as soon as the next decade.
- Punk in Africa explores beginnings of South Africa's 1980s multiracial punk scene.
- Despite what Hollywood shows us, a quarter of American cowboys were black, subject to racism but benefitting from "range equality."
- Today in the Tournament of Books, the Booker winner faces an instruction manual for life choices.
- Ways to watch NCAA basketball games at the office and not get fired.
- Columnist offers advice on what to do if you encounter a naked war criminal in the locker room at your D.C. gym.
- Tips on becoming a masterful note taker: Be OCD; draw pictures; actually read your notes after the meeting.
- Science explained to account for why hitting the snooze button will make you more tired and you really should just go to bed earlier.