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The Morning News
January 8, 2013: Morning
* White House photographer Pete Souza releases a year of pictures with the First Family. * Dozens of environmental and health groups urge Obama to finally and firmly address climate change. * Forced to resign by a financial scandal, Berlusconi is running for office again, this time for finance minister, or even prime
January 7, 2013: Afternoon
* The White House is plotting a surprisingly broad and aggressive gun control agenda. * A society that is relying on guys with guns to stop violence is a sign of a society where institutions have broken down. * How weapon technology like biometrics and grip detection could help prevent future massacres. * Math-
January 7, 2013: Morning
* Obama to nominate counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan as next director of the CIA. * First CIA officer faces prison for a press leak—"one of an unprecedented string of six prosecutions under President Obama." * Ethical questions appear when patients with dementia find romance in nursing homes, and spouses
January 4, 2013: Afternoon
* As Sandy Hook students head back to class, school officials create a familiar, friendly environment. * Chris Ware on his latest New Yorker cover, inspired by Newtown and a sharp contrast to his back-to-school cover. * On Christmas Day 1945, five Fayetteville, W.Va., children went missing during a house
January 4, 2013: Morning
* Hard-line conservatives oppose or go mum during Boehner's reelection as House speaker. * Six Indian parliamentarians have charges of rape against them. * "There is no reason to think that India is destined to abuse women"—but the journey will be a long one. * Pakistani schoolgirl activist
January 3, 2013: Afternoon
* After nearly 30 years in the House, Rep. Gary L. Ackerman heads home. * Once thought to be eradicated, tuberculosis—now drug-resistant—is on a frighteningly sharp rise in the former Soviet bloc. * How free-market renegades fighting the "maple wars" stole six million pounds of maple syrup.
January 3, 2013: Morning
* As fighting continues, new UN report says 60,000 have been killed in Syria's war. * Predictions for events in 2013. * Four hundred and nine people have been killed by guns in the U.S. since Newtown. * In case you heard about the LAPD buying back rocket launchers, it
January 2, 2013: Afternoon
* Gunshot wound survivors tell their stories on Reddit. * Over the winter break, schoolteachers learned how to shoot guns. * Home schooling in the U.S. is growing, and it's not just religious families who are doing it. * The divisive, conflicted history of the Montessori system in the U.S.
January 2, 2013: Morning
* House passes bill to avoid fiscal cliff, but faces debt-ceiling and sequester debates. * Just a few years ago, the tax deal pushed through Congress on Tuesday would have been a Republican fiscal fantasy. * Survey of highlights from the fight, including Boehner telling Reid, "Go fuck yourself." * French