1 February 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 01 Feb 2010 Toyota announces a fix for its gas pedals; still no comment on why its cars didn't have a brake override. Saints fans, T-shirt merchants clash with the N.F.L. over who owns "Who Dat?" The Super Bowl was born out of hype; it took cable TV and an onslaught of pre-game shows for fans to believe it. Obama attends Duke-Georgetown basketball game, takes to the booth for commentary during the second half. Wisconsin legislators propose bill for state microbe. Next space destination: Phobos, a tiny asteroid that could be the doorstep to Mars. "Green" coal company names itself after the Lorax. Why numbers are mysterious things and how mathematics provides a language shortcut. Many type-A parents in your situation have found that blackmailing a School faculty member is a nonviolent attention-getter. Amazon "capitulates" to Macmillan's e-book pricing demands, ends its embargo on the publisher's titles. A gallery of literary drunks and addicts. Actor Rip Torn arrested for breaking into a Connecticut bank, drunk, carrying a loaded revolver. I find New Haven more dangerous. A takedown of Vice's "Guide to Liberia."
