Headlines from October 23, 2013

Kerry trying to charm back the Saudis over their disappointment that the U.S. strike on Syria didn’t materialize.
Fewer than one in 200 Americans has a law licence, but lawyers include a third of the House and more than half the seats in the Senate.
Gallup finds most Americans support legalizing marijuana as well as increasing tobacco restrictions.
Related: More Americans are in favor of pot legalization than of same-sex marriage.
Thirty-minute animated guide to how the economy works—i.e., as a simple economic machine. #video
As far as I can see, there is little doubt that Obamacare will succeed in its primary aim of expanding health-care coverage. #opinions
London university sells study-free MBAs—alums include hundreds of executives and, maybe someday, one lucky dog.
Editor and reporter arrested in Sierra Leone for comparing president’s behavior to a rat.
Scientists find subjects who DJ while working out “lower the physiological cost of exercise and greatly increase its subjective allure.”
See also: A simple sitting and standing test can help determine how soon you’re likely to die.
A proposed new biological clock measures your life not in years, but how the DNA throughout your body changes.
I don’t eat enjoyable foods. I eat for my health. Life lessons learned by Woody Allen.
A history of famous movies’ fake blood recipes.
See also: Underappreciated horror B-movies with A-grade terrifying moments. #tmn
Highly popular, bloody Chinese cartoonists promise to pull back on the violence, “promote good and lash out at evil.”
Adam Curtain on the modern hug in television. #video
I categorize from 2007 until now as the decline phase of Wikipedia. On the decline of Wikipedia, particularly in terms of authors and staff. #longreads