October 12, 2011: Morning
- Remember Gilad Shalit? Israel approves swap of 450 Palestinian prisoners for the IDF soldier.
- Hermain Cain's foreign-policy positions itemized--mostly, he doesn't know, but he'll decide later very quickly.
- To be frank: Herman Cain is alive because he's rich.
- Obama campaign using Facebook-like tool NationalField to manage data.
- Occupiers of Wall Street becoming fat from eating too well.
- Nature finds article retraction rising, but stigma still prevents researchers from admitting when a paper is wrong.
- Most rescued Chilean miners now jobless, suffering post-traumatic stress.
- Gary Shteyngart seeks progress in Moscow.
- To beat the police in a chase, "choose a jurisdiction with a strict pursuit policy."
- Quotes from child criminals.
- Oldie but goodie: World’s foremost Sherlock Holmes expert found dead in a locked room, leaving no note.
- Photos of books found in offices.
- Equations analyzed from blackboards featured in the background of porn films (mostly safe for work).
- From WBEZ Chicago, it's This American Life and Ira Glass's sex tape.
- Ridiculous Tips for a Miserable Sex Life: magazines' advice mocked.