Headlines from April 17, 2015

Of the five Democrats who may run for president, three will be over 70 on Inauguration Day 2017.
The distinction between public officials and people with influence can be vague in some countries, including this one.
Italy pleads for EU assistance in dealing with influx of North African migrants after spate of accidents.
“Death on the Mediterranean: The Least Worst Option for Many Africans.”
IMF and World Bank meet to discuss euro zone growth.
Investigation finds World Bank repeatedly violating its own rules for protecting people, leaving a trail of misery behind its projects.
See also: Darth Vader’s military logic, riddled with contradictions, cost the Empire the Battle of Hoth.
It’s time government employees stopped fondling airline passengers and taking their stuff.
Tobacco industry accounts for about seven percent of the Chinese government’s revenue each year. via
Thirteen percent of US teenagers use e-cigarettes, versus only nine percent who smoke the old-fashioned way.
Crickets, “the food of the future,” aren’t quite the protein super-food.
New York questions legality of “on-call” retail shifts that entail low pay with no means to plan week-to-week.
Five gay college basketball coaches, all of them closeted professionally, cite homophobia and recruiting troubles.
Moving to Mars: Tales of survival can only teach so much about the psychological stress of spaceflight. #longreads
On opposite sides of a fault line through California’s Hollister, a town literally drifts apart.
Binge Reading Disorder: When an American consumes 100,000 words a day, and remembers none of them. #tmn
Everything unprecedented about BuzzFeed was prefigured by innovations of earlier ages.
Video game That Dragon, Cancer chronicles the last years of Joel Green, the developer’s son, who died at just four years old.
Friday poem: “a remix for remembrance,” by Kristiana Rae Colón.