November 27, 2012: Morning
- U.S. fiscal cliff and eurozone debt crisis viewed as biggest risks to the global economy.
- Afghanistan veteran learns how to use a prosthetic arm.
- Israel Defense Forces' PR rep poses in blackface, calling it "Obama style."
- Colbert on the biggest problem with Homeland: Everyone gets terrific cell-phone service everywhere.
- Portraits of extraordinary mums, a uniquely Texan homecoming tradition.
- See also: Exactly what are Texan mums.
- Welcome to the refrigeration age, with design innovations in shipping containers and meat-ageing lockers.
- Remembrance of early Roman geography as we prepare today for heat waves, severe drought, and major floods.
- Airports' smoking lounges affect air in nearby non-smoking areas.
- Overview of narcotics production now that we admit the war on drugs has failed.
- In pictures: UK's Poultry Club 2012 national show.
- Outright world sailing speed record broken off Namibia.
- Hong Kong's A-list tutors considered royalty, with faces plastered on buses and billboards.
- Satire, but just barely: Bob Powers on artisanal baby-naming.
- Study finds people make more rational decisions about money when operating in a foreign language.
- Improv Everywhere spends Black Friday camped outside a Dollar Store.
- Analyzing a joke about a pedophile.
- Website to help you keep track of exactly how many people are in space right now.
- Truman Capote's last book embarrassed his friends, practically killed him, and remains missing.