Headlines from November 15, 2012
- BP to pay $4.5 billion in Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement and plead guilty to 11 counts of felony misconduct.
- Romney bookends his campaign with an apology to donors, blames the 47% for his loss. #politics
- We’re all we have, and Jesus, are we shitty to one another. Playboy talks with Stephen Colbert about staying alive and being funny, despite everything. #nsfw
- Kurt Cobain’s handwritten list of his top 50 albums. #music
- Victor Kossakovsky films homeless people sleeping in ATM booths around Berlin. #video
- Caffeine shot 5-Hour Energy linked to 13 deaths, as well as heart attacks, convulsions, and a spontaneous abortion.
- That was better than a million pills. At a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital, patients broadcast a popular radio show.
- A new study claims even small amounts of alcohol during pregnancy can lower IQ.
- From “Wednesday” to “February,” words that are spelled weird, and why.
- An analysis of Oregon’s offense shows what makes it so incendiary isn’t as novel as it seems—in fact, it’s remarkably familiar. #football
- Newly declassified report shows how it would be possible to knock out the electric grid for large portions of the U.S.
- The cost of anything new is so high that even stuff that’s just about ruined is valuable. A visit to a small, dying farm. #tmn
- How we came to eat three meals a day—the Romans wouldn’t approve. #food
- With seven days until Thanksgiving, it’s time to pick up your “Happy Turkey-Day Surprise!” at the airport. #thenonexpert
- Ludacris’s “What’s Your Fantasy,” as told by cats.
- When I finish what I’m working on, I switch on my printer. From 1982, an Atlantic article about writing on a computer.
- Chuck Klosterman explains why some people believe he accidentally forced the resignation of the head of the CIA.
- Petraeus’s mistress’s email password hacked in 17 hours with publicly available tools.
- Three Israelis killed by rocket-fire from Gaza, where 11 Palestinians have died in air strikes.
- Israel live blogs new Gaza offensive in close-to-real-time.
- Reporter becomes obsessed with prison camps in North Korea and winds up on an embassy doorstep. #tmn
- In case you missed it, Sean Flynn straightens out the Benghazi attack for GQ.
- I suspect we all have a bit of everything. How Oliver Sacks came to be “the most famous, and most beloved, brain doctor at work today.”
- The story of how ESPN fell in love with Tim Tebow is really the story of a breakup, between ESPN and the business of reporting the news.
- Thomas Berdych, unable to rise in the Federer era, seeks glory in Davis Cup.
- Musician finds that pressing 1,000 singles in 1988 equals the earning potential of more than 13 million streams in 2012.
- Owners of exotic or unconventional animals are, perhaps, unconventional themselves. #photography #tmn
- Must-see November painting shows in Atlanta, Boston, Santa Monica.
- United States’ 2012 barista champion explains how to make a good cup of coffee.
- New York Times Thanksgiving expert says it’s difficult to achieve the widely cited 4500-calorie intake.
- What happens when you try to live according to NYT trend pieces.