October 15, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- German chancellor tries unsuccessfully to feel Greeks' pain during visit.
- America faces the doom of Venice, where elites yanked up the ladders after they'd climbed to the top.
- Round-up of nastiest Congressional races currently underway.
- Senator Arlen Specter, "a Philadelphia institution," dies of cancer at 82.
- Must-see art shows this month in Baltimore, Chicago, Kansas City.
- Larry Gagosian explains how his business works.
- Narrated view of Earth at night, "when lightning storms flash like June bugs."
- Videos of Felix Baumgartner, former Austrian paratrooper, making the highest and fastest jump in history yesterday.
- The traditional midlife crisis no longer exists; now there's merely a dream of a latté sipped alone.
- Simple ways to hack your breadstick.
- An ATM card and its password is more secure than your email account if you haven't enabled two-step verification.
- Round-up of great spy stories available on the web, including the article that became Ben Affleck's Argo.
- To make her historical fiction vital, Hilary Mantel imagines interviewing her characters.
- Tough city streets in miniature.
