September 17, 2012: Morning
- Amid safety concerns over new protests, U.S. withdraws nonessential embassy staff from Tunisia and Sudan.
- China sends boats to disputed islands; on the mainland, protesters burn Japanese flags and target Japanese-made cars.
- All four states holding same-sex marriage votes are, to varying degrees, fertile ground for gay-marriage campaigners.
- How Paul Ryan convinced Washington of his genius.
- Gun retailers plan for post-election boom: If Obama wins, customers may buy in fear of restrictions.
- A point-by-point breakdown of where the candidates stand on Medicare and Medicaid.
- Warren Buffett jokes that he wants to become the oldest man alive.
- How philanthropy has changed since Carnegie and Rockefeller: More government has helped more people.
- Lower Manhattan protests planned for Occupy Wall Street's first anniversary.
- Last year: "Meditations in an Occupation."
- On the ivory-religion link and how the demand for religious objects leads to elephant slaughter.
- Historians fight Shakespeare's villainous portrayal to clear Richard III's name.