October 22, 2013: Afternoon
- When President Obama says that the deficit has been cut in half, he is substantially understating what has happened.
- U.S. jobs report shows a smaller rise in employment than is expected for this stage of economic recovery.
- Mexico condemns U.S. spying after Snowden data showed the NSA read President Calderon's email.
- Related: France demands to know why the U.S. captured 70 million French telephone records and texts.
- We know feeding antibiotics to livestock hurts humans, yet Congress continues to kill legislation banning it.
- Hacking the JFK AirTrain means the difference between sprinting to your gate and stopping at the lounge.
- A visit to Sochi, where hard-working Soviets went to convalesce, now the site of the 2014 Winter Games.
- As late as Sept. 26, there had been no tests to determine whether a consumer could complete the process.
- Artist paints herself in the costumes of everyday life—snack bearer, stuffed animal transporter, soccer mom.
- Freakonomics puts pet crematories to the test.
- Paleontologists excited over baby dinosaur find—young specimens' bones have more cartilage and rarely preserve well.
- Long considered a lackluster beer city, Berlin is now awash in craft brews.
- See also: Ratebeer's top 50 beers.
- Dahlia Lithwick wears Axe for a week.
- A documentary of the many theories behind why sneakers end up hanging on telephone lines.
- David Sedaris: "Lisa wanted to know if she could bring her dogs, and Amy asked what the house was named."