24 January 2011: Morning
By The Morning News
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Al-Jazeera leaks document trove relating to Israeli-Palestinian conflict--more background here.
Former C.I.A. official behind Iran-Contra operation still running a spy shop, just not for the government anymore.
Hmong community hopes a federal waiver will permit Gen. Vang Pao's burial at Arlington.
H.U.D. proposes rules to prohibit lenders from discriminating against gay borrowers.
When an Italian manufacturer stops making sodium pentothal, U.S. capital punishment plans suffer.
Albino, vampiric redwood trees about what you would expect.
"The real question isn't, "How did it get there?" but, "What are the penguins building?" Commenters puzzle over wood at the South Pole.
Audio: Mark Riley enlists Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley to help him seek out whales.
Fitness prophet Jack LaLanne dies at 96--and still looked great at 95.
Video: LaLanne explains how to stop being so tired, how to be a champion.
Eleven N.F.L. rules named after people.
Chicago is happy to present the most obnoxious Green Bay fans in the world.
In Brooklyn, photo blogger raises Gerritsen Beach's hackles over untamed reportage.
Harper's union fires back at publisher, penning a letter (pdf) whose undersigned resembles a modern literary anthology.
The longest meaningful English word isn't antidisestabishmentarianism, but a 1,185-character long word for a tobacco virus.