May 17, 2012: Morning
- Italian blogger sketches outline of U.S. shadow war in Horn of Africa.
- New York Senate passes a resolution honoring Adam Yauch.
- A tribute from the Muppets to Jim Henson, who died 22 years ago yesterday.
- In a recent poll, Americans think organ donors should be compensated.
- Death is bad for you. But why?
- RIP Canadian penny, the latest coin to stop being minted.
- Brian Leli profiles three buskers who perform in the London Underground.
- Implant enables paralyzed woman to control robot arm with her mind.
- Twenty-five handy words with no English equivalent.
- Not everyone needs to learn to code, because coding is not a life skill.
- Aaron Sorkin's commencement speech to Syracuse grads.
- Collected commencement addresses from Conan, Obama, more.
- Future magazine covers of Barack Obama, the first lumberjack president.