Headlines from November 8, 2012

Hours after winning reelection, the president phoned Congressional Republicans to begin the haul back from the fiscal cliff.
The fiscal cliff explained in three scenarios. #economy
Fascinating: Why the first debate went so badly for Obama and how the campaign regained its footing. #politics
The election also sent a big, powerful message about what it means to be an American. Obama’s mandate.
Also on the agenda for Obama’s second term: Mend fences with China—and build some new ones.
Ron Paul elected ruler of planet inhabited by one billion tiny Ron Pauls.
Sesame Street scrambled to put together tomorrow’s hurricane-themed episode, in which Big Bird’s nest is destroyed. #tv
Due to climate change, a popular coffee bean could soon become extinct. #globalwarming
NASA plans to set up a manned outpost beyond the far side of the moon and to visit an asteroid in 2025. #space
Everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are. How Star Wars nearly destroyed George Lucas. #movies
Maker Faire Africa gets ready to kick off in Lagos, promising its biggest event yet.
Johnny Rotten: “I’ve had the rare privilege in life of offending everyone all at the same time.” #q&a
Dem super-majority in California is a message to the GOP: What’s broken will be fixed, demographics are changing.
Lesbians, Immigrants, and Harvard Professors. Get to know the female senators and representatives.
Openly gay senator, Hindu in congress, demographic change in the Malia Generation aren’t a problem, but an inevitability.
As handover of power in China begins, Hu sounds warning on corruption, demands sustainability of growth.
Multimedia photo wall of the Presidential Election.
Chinese author describes how he was forced out of Beijing—away from his 90-year-old mother—due to his Tibetan wife.
The international Gulf Protection Rackets, arms sales to Middle East autocrats, will bite us soon enough. #opinions
In Greece, protesters try to storm parliament, throw petrol bombs.
On Tuesday, a majority of Puerto Ricans voted in support of U.S. statehood.