March 5, 2013: Afternoon
- The overall political views of a district are less important for policymaking than the organized political groups in a district.
- Indian woman on 12-year hunger strike against police brutality denies accusations of attempted suicide.
- Palestinian workers riot over Israel's new segregated West Bank bus lines.
- With nearly 100 million sharks killed every year, many species are at risk of extinction, researchers warn.
- The world's largest telescope will capture the history of the universe and score lucrative research contracts.
- For young children, more books don't equal more words: Re-reading leads to stronger vocabulary acquisition.
- Three novels face off in the first match of The Morning News Tournament of Books, presented by NOOK® by Barnes & Noble.
- TMN's Robert Birnbaum points to a different kind of March Madness for book lovers: works about insanity.
- Yesterday in Britain, a man dressed as Batman apprehended a wanted man—he's one of many costumed superheroes among us.
- I want to be famous for the right reasons, for the work I've done, and not for some stupid thing that happened to me 40 years ago.
- Remembering Van Cliburn.
- TMN's Clay Risen on beer brewers' move to larger bottles, which is being met with reluctance by many drinkers.
- A Japanese bistro can make a life-size gummy bear version of you.
- "The world's most intense natural color" is produced by an African fruit that actually has no pigment.