May 18, 2012: Morning
- "Friending," as explained in 2004.
- Looking back at the punk-like radicalism of Donna Summer, who died yesterday at 63.
- A video timeline of Donna Summer's most memorable songs.
- More than 100 DJ sets available for download from drum and bass legend LTJ Bukem.
- Skechers to pay up for "muscle-toning" shoes that fail to live up to claims.
- Scientists find those who produce more dopamine can muster greater effort when faced with unpleasant tasks.
- Limbless man swims 12 miles from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia.
- Abandoned bikes all over New York City.
- Hi-res scans and tech recreate Phineas Gage's infamous brain injury.
- Judge fighting cancer defends medical marijuana.
- Because in Europe poverty is a misfortune, but in America it is shameful. I wonder whether or not you can stand the shame of being poor.