December 14, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- With more than 26,000 petitioners, White House will address a request for construction of a Death Star.
- Acronym of the week: the FUKUS coalition—France, UK, and U.S. together recognizing Syrian rebels.
- Next year should be one of great progress in the “steady, slow boring stuff” of anti-corruption efforts.
- Climate change will drastically alter America's ski industry, killing off many resorts by 2040.
- After office-party death, middle-aged men warned not to attempt "Gangnam Style" dancing.
- RIP, Norman Joseph Woodland, atomic bomb scientist who invented the barcode.
- Museum of Mathematics opened last night in New York City.
- Tattoo archivist says sailors got tattoos of Christ's head on their backs to prevent excessive lashing.
- Mark Twain's 1879 bid for president.
- An easy, overdue fix to the nation's fiscal crisis: End sports welfare.
- Wozniacki's imitation of Serena's body draws negative attention from beyond the tennis community.
- Today is the day: If you want to be this year's Reader Judge in the ninth annual Tournament of Books, your application is due by midnight.
- Vintage photographs of holiday displays in stores.
- Lies to tell children when talking about Santa Claus.
- Round-up of the 25 best book jackets from 2012.
- University of Chicago receives incredible package for Dr. Indiana Jones and would like to identify its sender.
- Photographs of a surfing road trip from Santa Barbara to Tofino.
- Seamless audio supercut of an entire year of the Grateful Dead tuning their instruments.
- See also: Nick Paumgarten on the Grateful Dead's afterlife in archival storage.
