May 21, 2013: Morning
- Fashion models are almost twice as likely as computer programmers to get visas to enter the U.S.
- Era of private space travel begins within the year, with more than 800 people signed up to blast off from New Mexico.
- America's collective sense of shock over Oklahoma's devastation due to helicopters' quick coverage of destruction.
- Death toll from the tornado expected to climb toward 100 as rescuers continue searching for survivors.
- Collection of large pictures of devastation in Moore, Okla.
- Oklahoma senator Coburn insists any federal disaster aid will be paid for with cuts elsewhere.
- "Moral Monday" protests over North Carolina's barrage of conservative legislation see increasing number of arrests.
- Georgia Tech scientists re-create conditions of life on Earth three billion years ago and verify RNA's role as a catalyst.
- Blogger explains how she wound up playing a key role in The Office finale.
- New Liz Entman Harper column for costume junkies who need things to watch when Downtown Abbey's off the air.
- To legalize marijuana, serious reformers imagine something like the wine industry—"a fragmented market, many producers, none dominant."
- From teetotalers to all-out drunks, a brief history of presidents and their preferred libations.
- Real caveman diet includes edible insects, which could fight famine problems if it weren't for taboos.
- Writer connects a fear of cicadas to her father's abuse.