November 12, 2012: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Fuel-efficiency rules and fracking will make the U.S. the world's largest oil exporter by 2020.
- Horrific images from Syria in ruins—a reminder of how the civil war's brutality is worsening in places.
- Another way to support Sandy victims: Donate your vacation time.
- With dramatic changes apparent in the electorate, Texas really could become blue once again.
- Riding a wave of public anger over austerity, support for Greece's far-right party doubles to 14%.
- Explained: How Iceland's crowdsourced constitution came together and why constitutions need generational refreshers.
- Incoming gold rush for 1,000 new domains will change the aesthetic of the web and challenge the dot-com hegemony.
- The French Foreign Legion: haunted men from everywhere, fighting anywhere, dying for causes not their own.
- Brazilian love motel for dogs offers privacy and heart-shaped ceiling mirror at $50 per session.
- House music's rebirth is even bigger this time, as seen from a Vegas speedway rave attended by 100,000.
- Project filters drone strike targets through Instagram to draw attention to the little-discussed weapon.
- New Times CEO starts work as huge scandal engulfs BBC with questions asked of his role.
- Celebrating 150 years of operation, 150 great things about the London Underground.
- Flavor Aid, Tom Wolfe, and other reasons to stop saying "drink the Kool-Aid."
- A house build around a three-story-tall bookshelf.
- An iPad purchase for $200 at a gas station was really just a mirror.
- The world's most advanced prosthetic.
