— GREAT ESCAPE: Chinese dissident could be at the US Embassy. (The New York Times)
— JUST WOW: Man records teachers verbally abusing his autistic son. (Radar Online)
— SOBERING NEWS: Dutch tourism predicted to go up in smoke? (The Guardian)
— NO INVITATION: Guess I’m not going to the White House Correspondents Dinner tonight. (New York Magazine, The Washington Post)
— GROWING PAINS: Secret Service gets chaperones. (TIME Magazine)
— TO THE RESCUE: Move over Ryan Gosling. (TMZ)
— WIFI: So, would this be walking on clouds? (Discovery News)
— JACKSONIAN: Actor is in a league all his own. (The New York Times Magazine)
— HMM?: I never thought of that. (Discovery News)
— ECONOMY: Growth slows. (The New York Times)
— BOLDY GO: Enterprise lands in NYC. (The New York Times, Buzzfeed)
— BLAST OFF: Fly through space with NASA. (NPR)
— OKINAWA: Half of the US Marines in Okinawa will leave after years of tense relations. (The Guardian, Stars and Stripes)
— BIN LADEN: Bin Laden family deported; anniversary of Osama’s death approaches. (NPR, Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post)
— WAR CRIMINAL: Charles Taylor is convicted by international tribunal. (The BBC, Christian Science Monitor)
— WHAT? Obama got Bidened. (New York Magazine’s Daily Intel)
—WHAT WHAT? Obama’s too cool? (New York Magazine’s Daily Intel)
— LA RIOTS: It’s been 20 years since Los Angeles exploded. (TIME Magazine)
— HOLLYWOOD BANDIT: To many, he’s a hero. (The New York Times)
— HERITAGE: Mayans feel like strangers in a familiar land. (Al Jazeera)
— NON LETHAL WEAPONS: The military tests weapons that won’t kill you. (Wired’s Danger Room)
—WRITING: Tough love from “Papa.” (Flavorwire)
— POLITICS: Mitt Romney sweeps up, then attacks President Obama. (Politico, The New York Times)
— OBAMA: President Obama also hit the campaign trail last night. (Denver Post, The Washington Post, New York Magazine)
— MAD COW: The disease surfaces again. (The Atlantic Wire)
— NATIONAL SECURITY: The DOD creates the DCS. (The Washington Post)
— MONEY PROBLEMS: Cooper Union will charge Graduate tuition. (The New York Times)
— HEALTH CARE: Patients pay more as insurers change formula. (The New York Times)
— BREAST CANCER: Common contaminant exacerbates breast cancer. (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
— ENTERTAINMENT: Two ferns lands on cable. (Flavorwire)
— ENVIRONMENT: The U.S. and U.K. throw money to the wind. (The Guardian)
— NEW FINDINGS: A woman’s brain on porn. (Mental Floss)
— TRAYVON MARTIN: George Zimmerman is granted bond, also says sorry. (The New York Times, Time Magazine)
— COLD CASE: FBI & NYPD search for 6-year-old missing for 33 years. (New York Magazine, WCBS-TV)
— BREAKTHROUGH: “Breast cancer” is nearly a dozen different diseases. (The Times of India, University of British Columbia)
— OOH-RAH: USMC searches for female infantry Marines! (CNN, The Marine Corps Times)
— AMAZON: The “Cloud” is really a jungle out there! (Wired)
— BIG BROTHER: Why does Cornell need a drone? (Electronic Frontier Foundation, via Rob Mank)
— YOUR HEALTH: Is it always better at the top? (The Economist)
— PROS AND CONS: (For CEOs, and us, too) To blog or not to blog. (Techcrunch)
— 4/20: Hahahah, it’s called: buzzzzzzzzzfeeeeeeeed. haha. hahaha. (Buzzfeed)
— TRAYVON MARTIN: George Zimmerman is in jail, charged with second-degree murder. (via: The New York Times, Miami Herald)
— BABY MAMA DRAMA: John Edwards love child trial begins today. (via: The Atlantic, The Daily Beast)
— GUNS BLAZING: GN’R frontman fires at the R&R Hall of Fame. (via: The Los Angeles Times)
— A MAN WALKS INTO A BEAR: A lesson on the perils of texting and walking in Los Angeles. (via: Buzzfeed, CBS News Los Angeles)
— INSTAGRAM: What’s next for the photo sharing site after the Facebook acquisition? (via: The Washington Post, The Daily Beast)
— FOR THE BIRDS: Apparently, Martians loved parrots. (via: Discovery News)
— IN MEME-MORIAM: Texts from Hillary says TTYL. (via: Texts from Hillary, The Atlantic Wire)
— BALDWIN TWEETS: Little birdie says Jack Donaghy may fly the coop. (via: Twitter, Washington Post)
— “CRAZY”: Britney drops a different kind of record. (via: Entertainment Weekly)
— NEW HEROINE: Sabrina will soon bewitch the silver screen. (via: Flavorwire)
After a brief hiatus — The Big Edit Daily is back!
— INDONESIA QUAKE: An 8.6 magnitude quake, and at least two magnitude 8+ aftershocks hit off the coast of Indonesia. (via: The Guardian, The New York Times)
— CAMPAIGN: Santorum (and his sweater vest) bounces. So does a Gingrich check. (via: The New York Times, Buzzfeed, ABC News)
— DEATH AND TAXES: They really are related! People try to get away with everything. (via: Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic Wire)
— TEXTS FROM HILLARY: Hillz lolz! (via: The Politico)
— OOPS!: Show and tell leads to jail. (via: Connecticut Post)
— SIMPSONS SECRET: Where is the real Springfield? (via: Smithsonian Magazine)
— GOING GREEN: Military green energy. (via: The Atlantic Wire)
— HUNGER DOLL: Mattel reveals the much anticipated Katniss Barbie! (via: Buzzfeed, In Style)
— GEEKING OUT: Lego fan has waaaayy too much time on his hands. (via: Design Taxi)
— GOP RACE: It was a good night for Mitt Romney. (via: New York Times)
— OBAMA: The President hits back, attacks GOP budget: (via: New York Times, Guardian News)
— GAY MARRIAGE: Challenge to DOMA goes before US Court of Appeals on Wednesday. (via: Boston Globe, Washington Post)
— TEXAS TORNADO: Twisters touch down in Dallas Look at these photos!. (via: CBS Dallas, Buzzfeed)
— NEW DUDS: NFL gets a makeover from Nike. (via: NFL.com)
— PAGING GEORGE JETSON: A flying car! (via: Chicago Sun-Times)
— MAGAZINE AWARDS: Men dominate the field. (via: The Atlantic Wire)