October 17, 2012: Afternoon
- Why coal matters this election.
- Korea's top economic officer: "Gangnam style" is an example of the creativity Korea needs.
- Police raid motorcycle gang's Brooklyn "clubhouse," confiscate guns, grenades, and a .50-caliber cannon.
- Research shows routine medical exams don't result in lower death rates.
- The newest, closest Earth-size planet: 4.4 light-years away and with a temperature of 1,200 degrees.
- Why the Red Bull Stratos stunt wasn't actually a jump "from space."
- Prior to Jon Stewart taking over The Daily Show, Craig Kilborn interviewed him for the show.
- Britishisms used by Americans.
- Related: "Is He Cute or Is He British?"
- One effect of Downton Abbey: For a London butler agency, demand has doubled in the past year.
- Q&A with Morrissey.
- Thoreau wasn't an oddball loner, but rather a restless social butterfly.
- Recommended listening: Beck's "NYC 73-78" from REWORK_Philip Glass Remixed.
- A walk around Manchester's Haçienda club in 1982.