November 9, 2011: Morning
- U.S. to study—not speak about—the UN's report on Iran's continuing nuclear efforts.
- Berlusconi says he'll soon resign and will not run for reelection.
- Quotes from Berlusconi in a brief assessment of his genius.
- Slideshow of Berlusconi's most embarrassing moments.
- Alaska whipped by storm feared to be among the worst recorded.
- Mississippi rejects state amendment to define life as starting at conception.
- Ohio voters overturn law that stripped public employees of their rights to collectively bargain.
- UNASOG—the UN's shortest, smallest, cheapest peacekeeping mission ever.
- PDF includes rules of the Mexican Mafia, decision trees for extortion, cell-block control systems.
- What the McRib says about us as a society is perhaps worse than any conspiracy theory about pork prices.
- Paper suggests we supersize meals to make up for low status.
- Film distributors fined $41,500 for poster showing Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts on a scooter without helmets.
- Levi's tells customers to freeze jeans to kill germs; scientist says plenty of germs will survive.
- Font made from human leg hair.
- Future of interaction sadly more about pointing than dancing.
- Evolution of pointe shoes has shaped everything from dancers' bodies to dancers' unions.