March 4, 2013: Afternoon
- Enormous turnout for Kenya's elections; process seen as smooth, though six police officers were killed.
- Scientists believe girl born with HIV is the first child and only the second person known to have been cured.
- India's Muslim population is steadily growing, and steadily falling behind the rest of the country.
- Cosmetics inventor dies just when his "breathable nail polish"—permissible under Islamic law—grows popular among Muslim women.
- How and why sinkholes form: an explainer.
- First match in The Morning News Tournament of Books, presented by NOOK® by Barnes & Noble.
- Analysis of the experiential thrill of driving in films.
- Scientists working to bring extinct species back to life, from the carrier pigeon to the wooly mammoth.
- To hear good recordings of Bach is to appreciate the music's filigree; to hear good performances live is mind-blowing.
- A complex chain of supplies and labor is required to produce a can of Coke, and yet the number of individuals who know how to make a can of Coke is zero.
- Round-up of recent cheese fires in the news.
- To fight against laziness and mass-market culture, writer recommends grabbing oranges and squeezing them.
- Men who have been playing "Tag" for 20 years now use each other's parents' funerals as viable playing grounds.