October 29, 2012: Morning
- Connecticut governor says Sandy is "the largest threat to human life our state has experienced in anyone's lifetime."
- Sandy has killed the presidential campaigns.
- Times building points high-quality webcam at Sandy to update every minute.
- Lindsay Lohan urges East Coasters to quit freaking out about a storm.
- Profile of New York's (only? best?) homeless real-estate broker.
- Tribute to the West Village's finest magazine stand, which we hope will not be touched by flooding.
- Time-lapse video of airplanes queuing up to land at London Heathrow.
- In skiing, getting "chicked" is to be beaten by a woman—something men fear if Vonn wins appeal to race them.
- San Francisco Giants win their second World Series in three years.
- Censors try to quash story that documents $2.7 billion in assets held by relatives of Wen Jiabao, the Chinese prime minister.
- Explanation of China's diaosi phenomenon, or, why China's youth call themselves "dick shred."
- To cross Paris underground, without taking the Metro, takes approximately 40 hours.
- Grand tour of European detective fiction.
- See also: History of modern Europe told through literary detectives
- Beautiful map of wind in America.