In today’s must-read links for your lunch break: Burying Newtown’s victims, hyperventilating over Instagram and pushing the frontiers of belly button research.
TIME Reveals Its Short List for Person of the Year 2012
While TIME’s annual Person of the Year unveiling is a carefully choreographed dance with a secretive, often unpredictable result, this year TIME decided to narrow the field and reveal its shortlist — just one day before the …
WATCH: 300 Movies in 7 Minutes: The Ultimate 2012 Supercut
Video editor Gen Ip has put together 300 movies released or distributed in 2012 into one excellent super-trailer.
TLC Delays Best Funeral Ever Special after Newtown Shootings
Originally slated to air on Dec. 26, the show will now screen on Jan. 6, following a ‘Here Comes Honey Boo Boo’ special.
Man Attempts 3 Unsuccessful Carjackings in Same Parking Lot
An unidentified man who reportedly tried to carjack three cars in the same California parking lot on Thursday discovered that the third time is not necessarily the charm.
Anonymous Targets Westboro Baptist Church Over Newtown Picket Plans
Disgusted by Wesboro Baptist’s plans to picket a vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the hacker collective is waging a cyber war against the hate-mongering group.
China Not Ready for Warhol’s Iconic Mao Portraits
Almost four decades after Mao Zedong’s death, China is not ready for a Pop-art depiction of its Great Helmsman
‘Ecce Homo’ Returns: Notably Terrible Art Restorer Now Selling Her Work on eBay
Cecilia Gímenez, the 80-year-old responsible for the ‘worst restoration in history’, attracts bids for her own painting on eBay
Newtown School Shooting: The World Reacts
The world’s analysts and policymakers joined with Americans in grief and sympathy for the massacre’s young victims — and disbelief at why such things keep happening in an otherwise laudable country.
Another Lil’ Kim? Wife of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Appears ‘Heavily Pregnant’
As North Korea remembered its late Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il, on the first anniversary of his death, the country could soon be welcoming a new addition to the Kim dynasty, according to analysis of state media broadcast footage.
Mourning the Victims of the Sandy Hook Shooting Around the World [Photos]
Vigils and tributes were set up in churches and schools, on beaches and in sports arenas around the world to mark the loss of 20 children and seven adults in a small Connecticut town.
New York Giant Victor Cruz Pays Tribute to Jack Pinto, 6-Year-Old Newtown Victim
The star wide receiver paid tribute to a 6-year-old fan, killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, during Sunday’s Giants-Falcons game