October 19, 2012: Afternoon
- The corner where Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan meet is a desolate, terrifying place.
- By the time Saturday Night Live rolls around, the web and Jon Stewart have already claimed the week's political humor.
- Campaigns want you to donate not for your money, but for your allegiance.
- There were 92 organized crime groups in the UK with known involvement in human trafficking.
- A 1967 Soviet animated film about dinosaurs predicts the end of humanity.
- Nobel member who lobbied for Mo Yan to win the lit prize will profit from Yan's translated works.
- Neuroscientists declare "knife on a bottle" the most annoying sound in the world.
- Bukowski on the 9-to-5.
- Men in 19th-century baseball uniforms gather in Green-Wood Cemetery to honor the pitcher who threw the first fastball.
- Popkey on the Houston Texans: perennially disappointing even when they're winning.
- In Britain, a bed and breakfast owner is fined for refusing to lodge a gay couple.
- CIA agents had to act like lost tourists, asking Iranians on the street for directions. The true story behind Argo
- K-Pop is not just a song or a genre, it's an entire culture...you all get to know the same thing.