Good day, bad day: March 28, 2012

Jeremy Lin forgives the editor of an offensive headline, while hard-working students discover their labor was in vain — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle

Elementary school kids might want to hold off on that homework as new research says it hold little benefit until high school.
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Anxious twenty-somethings

A report finds that 70 percent of people over 40 said they were not truly happy until the age of 33. [Business Insider]

Being the bigger person

New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin is spotted lunching with the fired ESPN editor responsible for the infamous "chink in the armor" headline. [Newser]

BAD DAY FOR:

Getting away with it

News leaks that the 9/11 memorial CEO skipped last month's ceremony honoring the 1993 World Trade Center bombing victims in favor of a ski trip. [Gothamist]

Tween know-it-alls

Research finds that primary school homework has no real benefits, and that only high school students benefit from after-school work. [Gawker]

That last shred of privacy

In the future, advertisers will reportedly be able to track your eye movements over a computer screen in real time, analyzing what you're be thinking based on blinks and pupil dilations. [Slate]

For more winners and losers see: Good day, bad day: March 27, 2012