Headlines from January 30, 2014

Ahead of Sunday’s game, Times Square becomes Super Bowl Boulevard, with of course a 60-foot toboggan ride. #photos
NFL may abandon Roman numerals for Super Bowls—a poll reveals just 5% of Americans can decipher “XLVIII.” #satire
If you deviate from the baseline, you can/will get benched, but only if you’re a female. NFL cheerleading is a scam.
The NFL has long been supported by ads degrading women—concussions changed all that, and now the league loves mothers. #tmn
German brewers face legal barriers when flavoring—aka Americanizing—their product.
The word “binge” is acceptable only in the context of television, though it shouldn’t be. #opinions
When a rare deep freeze shut down parts of the South this week, some experienced chaos, others had a snow day. #photos
Vaping could de-stigmatise smoking. UK to join 26 American states in banning sale of e-cigarettes to minors.
Humanistic portraits of childhood stuffed animals. #photos
See also: Teddy bears ripped open, gutted, and turned inside out. #tmn
It’s hard to craft a cohesive and decipherable olfactive narrative. The oPhone solves this problem.
Letters are in need of better ways to sign off, a word between “Yours” and “Very truly yours.”
Your GoDaddy domains are in my possession. How @N was extorted out of his Twitter username.
Now that I had traversed the line from doctor to patient, I had the same yearning for the numbers all patients ask for. #health
Area grandma enjoys flourishing correspondence with Mailer-Daemon.
We no longer require classical music to flex soft power. Classical music has waned—that’s not the same as dead.
Which BuzzFeed quiz are you? #diversions