14 January 2009: Morning
By The Morning News
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The greatest fundamental difference between our 43rd and 44th presidents: One reviles self-reflection, the other revels in it.
Number of box cutters taken from U.S. airline passengers since January 2002: 105,075 Harper's Indexes the Bush era.
Vice presidential handlers lure Cheney into traveling crate.
In the run-up to the inauguration, Krispy Kreme U.K. is giving away free Americano coffees.
New study says caffeine drinkers are more prone to hearing voices, having out-of-body experiences.
Scientist argues warring, polluting humans pose no serious threat to life; in the end, nature will do the wet work.
Betting the wrong way, Adolf Merckle took his life. Porsche, though, snared €30-40 billion.
Financial manager jumps from plane in an attempt to fake his own death, is found camping in the woods.
Spitzer: Let the bridges fall; any infrastructure stimulus should be focused on robots and the new economy, not patching up the old.
Despite recent efforts to overturn his 1977 criminal charges, Roman Polanski has no plans ever to return to the U.S.
When flipping the bird on TV is OK (usually) and when profanity is allowed (only when it's a one-off).
Video: Japan in six minutes.