October 26, 2011: Morning
- Oakland police disperse hundreds of Occupy protesters with tear gas and flash bombs.
- World power swinging back to America.
- Occupy Wall Street movement's library includes science fiction and Chomsky.
- In case you missed it: poetry at OWS.
- Six men to simulate Mars mission inside a rocket stand-in for 520 days.
- Participants hospitalized, aid workers overwhelmed during "world's hottest chilli-eating contest."
- Since fear can kill, researchers believe people who enjoy it have different brain chemistry.
- Bad tie-ins between good scientific research and lame celebrity mishaps.
- Leaked email shows Scientologists trying to find dirt on the friends of South Park's creators.
- Johnny Depp on Hunter S. Thompson.
- David Lynch talks about dentistry, Peter Frampton, his new album.
- Beckham enters his L.A. contract's final year playing great, looking to win a championship.
- The Times Frugal Traveler crowd-sources his next trip, winds up in Madison.
- Sociologists on why goths continue their ways long after punks and ravers quit: fairly positive views and steady academic achievement.
- The other side of plural relationships: Polyandry—more common than you think—where a woman settles with two or more men.