Headlines from February 2, 2012

Egypt soccer tragedy claims 73 lives; security forces blamed after they disappeared when attacks began.
We’re a little late to this, but still: Julian Assange to host show on Kremlin TV.
Stem-cell researchers transform skin cells into brain cells.
Pros and cons of Moon Base Gingrich—residents will be “highly educated, eco-friendly, and very likely dependent on vast government support.”
Colorado residents divided whether to allow Christo’s “Over the River” project to proceed.
LA School District investigates how it failed for five years to suspect a teacher accused of lewd acts toward students.
Brazil considering law to allow employees checking email from home to apply for overtime.
European executives to watch in 2012.
America’s “no-fly” list doubled in 2011, rising to 21,000.
NFL anticipates problems in 2016 labeling everyone a loser when it comes time for Super Bowl L.
Radiolab on whether or not Fritz Haber, godfather of chemical warfare, was a bad person. #audio
RIP, Wislawa Szymborska.
Love, peace, and soul to Don Cornelius, 1937-2012.
A match that felt like old-school naval warfare. Grantland’s take on the epic Australian Open final.
Life inside America’s worst college basketball program, which finally snapped its losing streak after not winning a single game in 2011.
Rural hospital recruits doctors by offering eight weeks of missionary leave.
If God exists, he/she has a sparkling sense of humor. Review of a pole-dancing fitness class.
Headlines say Obama is on the rebound, but maybe someone should tell swing voters in up-for-grabs states.
Images of the “Great Successor,” Kim Jong Un, looking at things.
Billions and millions expected for employees and friends of Facebook.
Q&A on why the nation’s largest breast cancer charity cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.
Notes on life inside Africa’s most expensive city, Angola’s Luanda.
Russian scientists on the verge of entering lake that hasn’t been touched by light for more than 20 million years.
Hemon on the “meticulous segregation” of children in Bosnian schools.
See also: Zadie Smith on the “Writers Bloc” program.
On the back of Nathan Englander’s blurb-gasm, an examination of where all the hyperbolic puff began.
Studies: If you want to increase your creativity, lie in bed a little longer.
Round-up of all items that Jonathan Franzen believes are bad for society.
Kevin Durant says Blake Griffin dunk was no dunk at all, but a layup.
Immersive video games used to treat wide variety of psychological disorders, from fear of spiders to germ-related terror. #longreads
Molly Fischer on the blogosphere’s lady sites, and why none of them meet women’s needs.
Appreciating the greatest figure in K-pop’s history, who wears neither heels nor skirt.