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Headlines from May 1, 2012
- Open letter to NFL recruits encourages them to keep family near, and to stay far away from interior decorators.
- If Obama isn’t careful, his opponent could conceivably turn his in-jokes and dazzling hipness against him.
- Brigid Sweeney on the fall of Sears, once America’s mightiest retailer, now suffering from mostly self-inflicted wounds.
- New Facebook feature promotes organ donation.
- I had no idea how to talk to women. I’d never even looked one in the eye. Interview with a dating coach for former ultra-Orthodox Jews.
- Voluntary castaway reintroduces 120 giant tortoises to Moyenne, Seychelles—his deserted home since 1962.
- Photographs of a penguin’s life.
- Take note: Saturday evening will see this year’s biggest full moon. #video
- Alex Trebek on Kant, peace, and why Jeopardy! represents the best of America.
- TMNers (aka, the best of Earth): Stick Paris Hilton’s head on the cover of Rosecrans Baldwin’s new book and you could win a copy.
- First ever detective novel, The Notting Hill Mystery, back in print after 150 years.
- China to build $1.27 billion film studio to co-produce movies with Hollywood.
- We are in danger of becoming morbidly obese through the consumption of fast culture. Will Self bemoans the lack of difficult mainstream art.
- Study finds Congress is more polarized than at any time since Reconstruction, and getting worse.
- Photos of President Obama hoisting big sticks.
- Gordimer: South Africa’s proposed new secrecy measures stand only to conceal corruption and harm society.
- Beware the extreme narcissist. Gingrich and Edwards were recently a few dozen miles apart—and much closer in terms of personality.
- Wife of former Edwards aide breaks down weeping during testimony.
- Rate of U.S. newborns born with drug withdrawal triples; problem mostly tied to women who abuse prescription drugs.
- Cloud of British grannies chat with and praise children in India.
- London’s mayor Boris represents a new wing of politics: “cool conservatism.”
- Three months before the Olympics begin, Heathrow has two-hour waits at immigration.
- Profile of an upcoming Portugese sentient city, where cars are guided toward empty parking spaces.
- Thinking in a foreign language leads to making better decisions.
- Officially published today, Rosecrans Baldwin’s Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down, inspired by the TMN series.
- Related: Excerpt from the book in GQ.
- New logo unveiled for the Brooklyn Nets—black and white, and designed by Jay-Z.
- Steven Spielberg directs Laser Cats 7. #video