October 11, 2013: Morning
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins Nobel Peace Prize as inspectors begin arriving in Syria.
- See also: Photographic visits to the offices of Nobel Laureates.
- Credit accorded to the Nobel Academy and Alice Munro for finally rewarding "a genuinely popular" writer.
- China's top whistleblowers are the mistresses of government officials.
- FBI says two rabbis offered torture services, using cattle prods and other methods to motivate husbands who refused to divorce.
- Michael Paterniti interviews a man married nine times.
- Related: Modern homes, both real and fake, as featured in the movies.
- Tarantino credits the train scene for why he included The Lone Ranger in his list of 2013's best films so far.
- Yet another thing for Breaking Bad fans: Tennis announcer slips in much Heisenberg while calling Williams-Wozniacki match.
- Related: Classic movie quotes updated for the internet age.
- Something that should not be lost to the ages: How to write a thank-you note.
- Nate Silver's six big takeaways from the government shutdown.
- Brazil's Guarani-Kaiowá tribe are 34 times more likely to commit suicide than the national average, prompting warnings of an imminent "silent genocide."
- Reporter who has traveled through half of Africa this year says not to believe the hype about the poor's lot not improving.
- Skin cells have a circadian rhythm that determines when they defend UV rays and when they regenerate; i.e., skin knows time.
- When a cell-phone provider plans to eliminate international roaming charges, it suggests we’ve been duped for many years.
- Five actual ways to improve your cognitive ability that don't involve brain-training games.