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Headlines from April 27, 2012

Spanish unemployment hits new record high, and Spain gets its sovereign debt downgraded.
South Africa’s Kulula airline offers deal for polygamists, “Fourth Wife Flies Free.” via
Research roundup on swearing—everyone knows how, but it still isn’t becoming more frequent.
Nature loves biological weapons, and we should research them more, not less. #opinions
Japanese store’s shopping bag doubles as a safety helmet in case of disaster.
Windows crash into a German chapel—an installation by Baptiste Debombourg.
New show by Ai Weiwei takes place in a 40cm by 40cm by 40cm cube.
The less you know about Mozart or Schubert, the more directly you can understand the sounds composers create today. Myths about contemporary classical music debunked.
50 Cent on money, drug dealing, and only sleeping five hours a night.
Elif Batuman on Mike Daisey and why he shouldn’t have been publicly shamed by Ira Glass.
On the “long and shameful legacy of racial bias among prosecutors in North Carolina.”
Profile of Romney’s Karl Rove, Eric Fehrnstrom, who keeps advisors from crowing, among other things.
The old maxim that you shouldn’t go to bed mad is stupid. How to stay married for the long haul.
Longform looks over the top stories of the past two years and finds sad sports and sex.
Related sad sports: Michael Jordan, greatest basketball player of all time, now owns the worst basketball team of all time.
Related sex: Bon Iver Erotica.
Blind legal activist escapes house arrest in China, now hiding somewhere in Beijing.
Qiu Xiaolong: Bo Xilai never returned my favorite red Double Happiness Ping-Pong racket.
China’s ruling Communist Party’s People’s Daily website debuts on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, surges 78% on its first day.
North Carolina’s Boxun.com, where Chinese readers look for unfiltered muckraking, watches traffic pour in while fending off web attacks.
Serbian Otpor revolutionary now teaches non-violent tactics to activists in more than 40 countries.
“Compass” cells are new clues on how birds detect and interpret magnetic fields.
Apple plans private off-campus restaurant to prevent eavesdropping on company secrets.
Cyclist uses GPS to trace shapes across Baltimore map.
Homebuyers face bidding wars once more—some say it’s because foreclosures have been slow to reach the market.
What we’re actually seeing in the ocean is this kind of chowder of plastic…these little bits [are] getting into the food chain.
As you get older, you can still find things that are interesting and appealing to you. Goth for life.
Once-rival New York radio stations WBLS and KISS-FM begin simulcasting, will complete their merge on Monday.
Mixtapes deliver the sound of New York radio in the late-‘80s/early-‘90s. #audio