Headlines from April 4, 2013

Let’s say that the North decides to fire its new mobile KN-08 intermediate-range ballistic missile. #war
Instead of Austin, a likelier North Korean target is nearby San Antonio, home to Air Force Cyber Command.
The greatest deterrent to North Korea’s aggression is China, whose new president could set a fresh international tone. #opinions
Kindergarten kids asked me about North Korea. I told them they’re poor people with bad teachers. #tmn
Cancer clinics across the U.S. refuse Medicare patients, blame sequester cutbacks.
UK cancer charities say the imminent demise of a government fund means an uncertain future for treatments.
Drone patrols over the U.S.-Mexico border identify new security gaps.
The Somali pirate scam Western journalists fell for, from the perspective of a Kenyan waiter/actor.
Manchester police officially declare attacks against goths and punks as hate crimes.
Magicians have been stealing each other’s tricks for centuries—now globalization threatens their intellectual property.
Designer creates board game to be played over the next 2,700 years. #games
Related: Library turns the 2013 Tournament of Books into a board game. #tob13
See also: Matthew Baldwin’s Good Gift Games guides for TMN. #tmn
You put yourself in hock to build it, and it’s your monument. On the 100th anniversary of Ebbets Field. #baseball
To tap into creativity, work at off-peak times, look at the color green, and drink alcohol.
The first in a series of interviews with collaborators on the forthcoming Daft Punk album: Giorgio Moroder. #video
How far is it to Mars? Far. #space
When the presidency was “an unbroken string of white men,” the GOP didn’t bother asking Baltimore’s Dr. Carson to wear a mask.
Thirty-six recent images of people wearing masks. #photography
Hopi Indians of Arizona ask federal officials to stop a high-price Paris auction of 70 sacred masks; unfortunately, Washington has no agreements governing U.S. artifacts abroad.
White is the empty page. It’s the blank canvas. Mother copes with daughter’s albinism by finding comfort in stories and lore.
In a “rhopalic” sentence, each word contains one letter or one syllable more than the previous word.
Nussbaum: Take The Killing, add dramatic heft, Jane Campion, and New Zealand settings, and you get Top of the Lake.
The Nokia 3210 was, for many people, the gateway drug of phones. Survey of a dozen seminal cellphones.
Being a great photographer does not negate being a master of “creepshots.” #opinions
See also: Pictures of people levitating in French supermarkets. #tmn
Celiac nomad who’s been traveling the world for five years explains how everything has led to eating soup all day long.
Highlights from a blog of four men currently rowing from Senegal to Florida.
Samoa Air charges passengers different fees based on how much mass they bring on the plane.
Travelers’ bags unpacked, with contents laid out in grid formations, for luggage voyeurs.
TED endorses 100 websites to know and use.