October 31, 2012: Morning
- Recovery begins in New Jersey after "incalculable" loss; Christie says he'll reschedule Halloween.
- Round-up of emergency gear.
- Effects of Hurricane Sandy broken down by the numbers.
- Scientists expect more storms and tidal surges of unprecedented intensity.
- Various ways to volunteer and help victims of Sandy.
- The New York Marathon will run this weekend; those who carbo-load the day before may run faster.
- Taxonomy of various British bars.
- Oldie but goodie: Elizabeth Gilbert remembers the years she spent bartending at Coyote Ugly.
- Clay Risen on the trend of distillers in New England getting back to their rum roots.
- Top American art critic retires, feeling whored by the hedge-fund class and "empty" artists like Tracey Emin.
- The U.S. government is surreptitiously collecting the DNA of world leaders, and is reportedly protecting that of Barack Obama.
- Scientists study animals to see how they respond to their dead.
- Round-up of Halloween costumes based on internet memes.
- Fully playable version of Tetris built inside a carved pumpkin.
- Tribute to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and nearly everything related to it.
- For your Halloween longreads: Alexander Chee on the magic and mundane in Tarot.
- If you go dry on candy tonight, consider handing out Treatloaf®.