12 November 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 12 Nov 2009 Excessively meeping Massachusetts students irk and confound their elders. Kristof pig-wrestles the staggering expense of military presence abroad against the staggering number of uninsured dying at home. John J. O'Connor III, whose struggle with Alzheimer's prompted his wife's retirement from the Supreme Court, dies at 79. Following a 2006 election loss (and a pretend inauguration), Mexico's "legitimate" president has been running the nation out of a garage. Also stuck in the garage: America's tinkerers, who are spending jobless days inventing the next big thing. Chart: The correlative relationship between rock music quality and U.S. oil production. Photographer Edward Burtynsky captures images at the intersection of petroleum production and human society. Video: Burtynsky introduces and explains his oil photos. Newly discovered dinosaur species walked on hind legs. I feel like a German in 1946, wondering what the hell happened to me. A former Glenn Beck-ish Republican has a change of heart. Fashion in the 2000s--except for Kanye, it was a decade of accessories and brief fads. Brilliant: Choose Your Own Adventure books, diagrammed.