October 4, 2011: Morning
- The most popular contraceptive for women in southern and eastern Africa appears to double the risk of HIV.
- LAPD says 911 response will suffer as officers are pulled to monitor prisoners released due to overcrowding.
- When Texas counties handled executions.
- Neal Stephenson surveys the history of science fiction and its role in inspiring innovation.
- A flowchart helps you decide which of NPR's top 100 sci-fi and fantasy books to read.
- Mark Bittman's dinner party matrix takes the stress out of planning a menu.
- Our mouths shape our lives, from aiding chances of stardom to creating the illusion of accents.
- A four-year-old learns Darth Vader is Luke's father.
- Attending an autism-friendly version of The Lion King.
- Researchers say pale skin may not be able to produce necessary levels of vitamin D.
- World's largest sperm bank stops accepting samples from redheads, says supply is there but demand isn't.
- What Borders left behind.
- See also: "The Day Borders Got the Wobblies."
