October 17, 2011: Morning
- Occupy Wall Street march in Rome hijacked by rioters; bomb injures 100.
- Life of Generation G-Chat.
- Jessa Crispin on the sauicier side of capitalism: the desire and passion that drives hoarding.
- Hotel employee brings in brass band to help him quit his job.
- Charts demonstrate what Occupy Wall Street protesters are so angry about.
- Graphic, stark pictures of genocide from World War II.
- Limbaugh attacks Obama for sending troops after "Christian" murdering death cult, the Lord's Resistance Army.
- Gadhafi's office at Tripoli University featured a gynecological examining table where he raped students.
- Profile of Jill Abramson's ascent from investigative reporter to first woman executive editor at the Times.
- Paul Allen: In a hundred years, we'll still be wondering if the singularity is near.
- Exhaustive review, mostly speculation, of Steve Jobs's illness and death.
- Various amusing responses from Siri, virtual assistant in Apple's new iPhone.
- Designers behind Siri explain why they chose to give the assistant attitude.
- Brooklyn hipsters pitied for not experiencing the type of intimacy to be found among prison inmates.
- Casting director for NYPD lineups only removes his Bluetooth earpiece for haircuts.