October 12, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Nobel Peace Prize bestowed on the European Union amid a "growing gulf" between its member nations.
- During last night's debate, Biden took clear command at times, Ryan didn't screw up, and both parties got what they needed.
- Round-up of bloggers' reactions to the veeps, the moderator, the mood.
- Kenyan legislators stymied while trying to award themselves bonuses of $118,000.
- Hy-Brasil was rumoured to be continuously obscured by mist, except for one day every seven years.
- China happy this time around to celebrate a Nobel prize-winning writer, Mo Yan, who's embraced by the state.
- Four not-entirely-safe-for-work representative passages from Yan's novels.
- Stories for your lazy Saturday in the TMN Weekender—this week, stories on women and power
- Latest Christoph Niemann column tells a story in potato prints.
- Fashion of the day: Oxford shoes feature soles replaced with 1,050 teeth.
- Andy Warhol's surf movie, deemed too nice to be any good, to premiere next week.
- Despite illness, James Levine once again to conduct the Met.
- Profile of the "Sub Pop Records of the wine trade"—the man who sells $30 million worth of wine a year over email.
- Inside David Byrne's office.
- Photos from inside the American Museum of Natural History's storage vaults.
- New business buys cancelled weddings and sells them to new couples.
