* This is the first time that Americans are going to be relatively worse off than their parents or grandparents in old age. * Gallery: Brian Ulrich's photographs of abandoned malls and empty big-box stores. * Mindy McCready is the third person to die from her season of Celebrity Rehab.
* By endangering the public to protect itself, the LAPD's pursuit of Dorner shows the department hasn't progressed so much, after all. * Following Friday's close call, NASA discusses the other orbiting asteroids that threaten Earth. * Related: Interstellar Hard Drive. * New analysis of lunar rocks brought
* Iranian politicians shouldn't high-five in public. * Human migration is impossible to stop, and is growing exponentially—Obama would do well to take lessons from China. * Wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the makers of Jack3d; GNC puts its supply on markdown. * Actress in hip-hop video about recreational
* Tennessee congressman wasn't sending flirty tweets to a mistress, but to a secret, long-lost daughter. * The love story of Harry and Bess Truman began when they were five-year-olds in Sunday school. * To celebrate Valentine's Day, CDC announced yesterday the U.S. is home
* American Airlines and US Airways confirm $11-billion merger, and will operate together under the American brand. * CBS footage of a gun battle from the final stage of the manhunt for Christopher Dorner. * Quest to end the miserable migraines. * Addiction to "ataya"—a hot, strong tea—becoming a
* Liberals support Obama's foreign policy for the same reason they backed George W. Bush—because they're interventionist. * "10 Food Documentaries to Stream on Netflix Tonight" includes the terrific Kings of Pastry. * See also: The complete Beatles songbook covered on ukelele. * Westminster Dog Show champion
* Interactive graphic of every State of the Union speech shows the language is getting dumber. * Research suggests cold weather makes us better decision makers in Alaska than in Florida. * Few, if any, hospitals know the cost of a new hip, and there appears to be no set market price. * List
* Beijing views North Korea's third nuclear test, held during a major Chinese holiday, as an insult. * The Chinese web reaction to the nuclear test: jokes about Kim Jong Un's posterior. * The size of the blast is one thing, but the exact nature of the device exploded
* A man...who capped his career by terminating bin Laden, has no landing pad in civilian life. * The popes who've resigned. * Odds that the next pope could be from Latin America, home to 40% of the world's Catholics. * Guilt is our inner police force, but if
* House members stake out aisle seats at the State of the Union for a chance to be seen on television by constituents. * Graphing the rhetoric of the last 12 State of the Union addresses. * Q&A with the editor of the Antarctic Sun. * UK officials blame "criminal activity&
