November 8, 2013: Afternoon
- Typhoon Haiyan, pummeling the Philippines, may be the strongest tropical cyclone to hit land anywhere in recorded history.
- Africans protest sanctions against Zimbabwe after African observers declared Mugabe's recent election valid.
- Ex-cop on not getting arrested.
- Mugshots of criminals in Newcastle correctional facility from 1871-1873, many of them minors.
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- Hours after the assassination, my parents and I experienced the horror of realizing that the Lee Oswald we knew was the same man who had just been accused of killing the president.
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- Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis's old kitchen table—a fixture in the room where he killed himself—is for sale on eBay.
- Billy Bragg says record labels deserve scrutiny for underpaying artists; blaming Spotify now is like blaming a Sony Walkman in the '80s.
- Laurie Anderson says farewell to Lou Reed.
- Denver Broncos player retires from football, citing concern over concussions and no desire to be a millionaire.
- Former college football player points out that the Industrial Age is over—so, too, should old-school football die.
- Round-up of some of the very best points and shots played this year in professional tennis.
- A good movie—with good actors—confronts and embraces loneliness without any holistic need to resolve it.
- The revolving door’s antisocial roots just might be what keeps us from using them.
- Language institute in Isfahan, Iran is modeled after a crossword puzzle.