May 11, 2012: Afternoon
- Brazil passes law returning booze sales to national stadiums in anticipation of 2014 World Cup.
- Argentina passes world's most progressive transgender rights laws.
- Trustees of tiny all-male Deep Springs College object to administration's plan to admit women.
- Prince Charles appears as Scottish weather forecaster.
- Hollande may be more open to austerity, less able to bring a change of course, than France hopes.
- Two-dozen cute pictures of Putin posing with animals.
- Scientists seek ways to make regifting seem less boorish.
- Interview with the photographer burned by CNN's controversial "Life in Appalachia."
- Interactive quiz to match train services with their names.
- Books the Times magazine staff haven't read.
- Little known history of napkin-folding culture.
- Jennifer Rubell's "Nutcrackers"—18 life-size female mannequins retooled to open pecans.
- Latest exercise advice: Stand every 20 minutes, drink chocolate milk after tough workouts.
- Jonathan Lethem, at length, on the Talking Heads' "Memories Can't Wait."
- Bands as sandwiches.
- "Oh geez, this is Jeff’s turtle!"