October 5, 2012: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Unemployment unexpectedly falls to 7.8% in September, the lowest number since Obama took office.
- Jack Welch says White House rigged the employment number because Obama lost the debate.
- In honor of Joe Biden, 10 words you literally didn't know you were using incorrectly.
- Literally a Chris Traeger/Rob Lowe supercut.
- Philip Glass gains popular acceptance, but critical love awaits.
- Craze for Starbucks' pumpkin lattés leads to consumers flipping out when stores run short on special sauce.
- War waged in the weather community after the Weather Channel says it'll begin naming winter storms.
- For actual James Bonds, "primary tools for motivating foreigners are bribery, bullshit, and in certain circumstances blackmail."
- New Bond song by Adele, "Skyfall," released last night.
- Business plans and appeal points behind new generations' discovering an affection for Star Wars.
- Friday poem: Leigh Stein's "A Brief History of My Life Part VII."
- For your lazy weekend reading, a selection of stories about the mysteries of the mind.
- For your lazy weekend viewing, "Short of the Week."
- Collection of maps about time includes the "Histomap"—4000 years of world history on one page.
