September 26, 2011: Afternoon
- Reporter who first interviewed Dubya 25 years ago returns for another look.
- Putin to soon resume being president.
- U.S. crime continues dropping, even—in fact, especially—in states hardest hit by the recession/depression.
- Everyone in the Radiohead demographic hates Ticketmaster so much right now.
- Chàvez as Twitter beast—tweeting, replying, even phoning followers if necessary to get his point across.
- Three meals a day is a social construct with little historical or biological use.
- How the refrigerator got its hum.
- The Millions launches column dedicated to writers blooming after 40.
- Headline of the day: "Facebook Sucks Up a Ridiculously Huge and Growing Share of Our Time Wasted Online."
- Science retracts paper linking Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and leukemia virus.
- Machine turns words into cocktails.
- Locals in rural India grow bridges from rubber trees.
- Indian park sees wildlife resurgence following policy of allowing park police to shoot-to-kill suspected poachers.
- Musicians to charities: Stop asking us to perform for free at your events.