Headlines from November 16, 2011

Majority of business executives bring their own lunch to work, drive an SUV, part their hair on the right.
Anger grows in Europe against “what is increasingly viewed as harsh German domination.”
Tourists in LA can’t name three Germans, though an Austrian does come to mind. #video
First covers from famous magazines.
History and mystery of the high five. #audio
“Beyoncé Songs Re-Imagined as Undergraduate Theses in Women’s and Gender Studies.”
Social media legal negotiations and defriending rules of a couple breaking up.
Medical notes from Bruce Wayne’s latest checkup with his physician.
Least exciting comic book action sequence of all time.
Reminder: Today’s your last chance to become TMN’s reader judge for the 2012 Tournament of Books.
“Roth’s legacy of writerly narcissism left a generation of young novelists with the wrong idea of what makes great literature.” #opinions
Beginning runners should avoid advice about technique and form.
Science for why leftovers change flavor in the fridge, and some suddenly gain umami.
I’m sure that this hotel chain did not set out to convert its showers into a consumer behavior laboratory. Ruminations on the dual showerhead.
Syrian army defectors attack military base near Damascus, opposition groups say.
China’s Confucius Peace Prize—to rival the Nobel—given to Putin this year for waging war.
Mongolia to build enormous ice shield to help cool and water Ulan Bator during summer.
To combat burger inflation, Argentina’s domestic trade minister persuaded McDonald’s to lower its Big Mac price.
When it comes to economics, economists “have a more sophisticated lack of understanding than the guy on the street.”
Economist on what’s next for the NBA.
Child-abuse scandal unfolding at The Citadel depressingly similar to Penn State’s.
America and Europe’s common problem: The economic crisis has ruined our taste for mainstream politicians.
Ford Theater stocks Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Lincoln in the gift shop, not the museum bookstore, due to sloppy facts.
Map shows Manhattan’s grid extended to every point on Earth.
Send us evidence of how close the recession/recovery is to your doorstep.
This announcement is open to all qualified U.S. citizens. NASA has a need for astronaut candidates. via
Clothes of Kay Corleone deconstructed.
Someone convinced the BBC to turn a poem about lunch into a short film with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson, and thankful are we that they did.
That short film: “The Song of Lunch.” #video
Sometimes the prettiest boys don’t realize they’re pretty. Paul Newman: Decency manifest.