Headlines from March 6, 2013

Health care, housing, and other reasons to be optimistic about the U.S. economy.
Last year carbon emissions rose at their second highest rate since 1959, surpassing scientists’ worst-case scenarios.
It smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of. Timeline of memorable Chávez moments.
Chávez bequeaths a nation beset by crumbling infrastructure, unsustainable public spending, and underperforming industry.
Castro and Les Misérables turned Chávez to socialism, long after the rest of the world had abandoned it.
North Korea’s unofficial Instagram feed. via
A family discovers their grandfather was selected by Ian Fleming for a specialized team of commandos during WWII.
One was convinced that I’d finish in the top 10 in Sunday’s race. Training with elite African runners for five days.
Study finds barefoot, minimalist running can lead to early bone loss.
When basketball players are sidelined by ACL injures, all they can do is shoot—they often return better than ever.
The secret world of fraternities. #photos
So many of the core values of the magazine are also the core values of the country. Playboy launches Hebrew edition.
According to a Pew study, whether liberal or conservative, Twitter opinion varies greatly from public opinion.
A choking survivor tracks down Henry Heimlich, now 93 years old. #audio
After Obama’s win, partisans said the market would tank; now that it’s way up, they’re searching for political interpretations.
Hours after his book on immigration is published, Jeb Bush disagrees with its premise, following GOP party winds.
Jon Stewart to direct movie about reporter jailed in Tehran, whose Daily Show appearance was used against him.
Soviet solider presumed dead in Afghanistan found living under an assumed name in the western Afghan city of Herat.
Next month the TSA will allow passengers to bring small knives in carry-on luggage. #travel
You could tell a summit meeting mattered to Hugo Chávez when government workers touched up the city’s rubble.
It begs a closer look at how we structure and finance childbirth in the United States. Caesearan deliveries rates by hospital vary from 7 to 70%.
In San Francisco, 13.4% of residents are under 18—the smallest percentage of any U.S. city.
Mashup of the moment: “Call Me Maybe” crossed with Nine Inch Nails.
Last fall the “Call Me Maybe” engineer talked about how recording Nine Inch Nails influenced the feel of the pop mega-hit. via
Carly Rae Jepsen withdraws from Boy Scouts concert, citing the organization’s gay ban.
Misuse of “literally” drives the internet crazy—literally.
Matt Groening’s illustrations for Apple’s 1989 brochure aimed at college students.
I Say I Say I Say: Peter Sellers’s 1964 home movie. #video
Effects diagram explains how to sound like Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine.