October 21, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Tyler Cowen's evil twin explains why the shutdown and debt crisis were all part of a brilliant GOP plan.
- In 2012, Mexico produced more than 3 million vehicles, compared with 10.8 million in the United States.
- Of the $60 billion global art market, Chinese art accounts for 42% of auction sales.
- People in China drink two cups of coffee a year on average; Starbucks' strategy is focused on a "coffee tribute."
- From Christian fundamentalists' attempt to absolve sin to advertisers' dollars, a brief history of cereal.
- Couples sleeping, their entire nights captured in single, long-exposure shots.
- The changing poetics—and politics—of capturing dark skin on camera.
- Celebrities can't lose silly objects.
- Academic feathers are ruffled when a jeweler to the stars publishes a theory of the universe's origin.
- My father texted me, "Banksy painted our building last night and a huge crowd is forming. What should we do?"
- Today's poem: "Long Meadow."
- On an average day, Balthazar serves 1,500 diners; over 22 hours, a look inside its underground kitchen.
- Drive-throughs say multiple times daily they see generous diners pay for the order of the person in line behind them.
- Russia has the most raspberries and nuclear warheads: What each country leads the world in.
- A number of divers couldn't help noticing a teenager punching an 80-pound octopus.
