May 4, 2012: Morning
- U.S. charges Yonas Fikre, an American who claims he was tortured, with conspiracy.
- Video shows assailants who killed Cairo protesters were armed; Army denies the thugs were their own.
- Romney's experiment with an openly gay campaign aide short-lived.
- Love, Barry: Obama's romantic youth.
- Charlie Sheen sues strip club to close down VIP room named in his honor.
- Framing explains why people can be blind to unethical decisions.
- The iPhone may be the most revolutionary development for blind people since the invention of Braille.
- Study suggests atheists are more motivated by compassion than the pious.
- First-time visitors to South Africa would do well to start in a comedy club.
- New film project documents our relationship with the 94 elements—attention on depleting resources.
- Fascinating account behind the stat that Americans over seven feet tall have a 17% chance of playing in the NBA.
- Horse racing threatened by too many horses and drugs, and too much money.
- MAD on advertising, from back when Don Draper's hyperbole deserved to be mocked, not celebrated.
- Engineer admits he's the one who made potato chip bags so hard to open.
- Many common smells were created by noses responsible for luxury perfumes.
- Wonderful: Radio Time Machine.