October 2, 2012: Morning
- Now that conservative media is king, Republicans' media-bias argument no longer sells.
- Democrats use "Tea Party" label to sink even moderate Republicans' chances.
- Tally of world leaders who have endorsed a candidate—or hedged endorsement—in the American race.
- Today, a good portion of Americans plan their lives—or at least their Twitter feeds—around the latest political numbers.
- Letter finds Lincoln rejecting a pair of elephants from king of modern-day Thailand.
- Notes on the high life in violent, chaotic Karachi.
- Japan's love hotels prove to be a bad financial investment.
- Photographs of themed rooms from Japanese love hotels, including the Hello Kitty S&M room.
- Boy Scouts to release names of suspected pedophiles that they've kept private until now.
- Tuesday physics: Training a giant firehose on the sun would make the sun hotter.
- Skydiver to attempt to break the sound barrier from an altitude of 23 miles.
- French grape-picking robot prunes, de-suckers, collects data on soil health, and works around the clock.
- Explanation of how to protect your eyes while staring at a computer screen all day.
- Latest crop of MacArthur "geniuses" includes Tournament of Books champ Junot Díaz.
- Financial details on Grizzly Bear's success find indie-rock stars unable to afford health insurance.
- Search in Los Angeles for the settings of classic album covers.
- Chat with Ron Swanson/Nick Offerman.