December 17, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Pakistani city of Peshawar buries its dead after a Taliban attack at a school killed at least 140 children and staff.
- Putin should look to Britain's Black Wednesday from the '90s to keep his ruble from falling too far.
- Slipped inside the recent federal spending bill was a provision ending the government's prohibition against medical marijuana.
- Starting next year, all Dutch bankers must swear an ethical oath to God, including eight vows of integrity.
- Michael Lewis's eight wishes for Wall Street.
- Best explanation for Urban Outfitters' repeated missteps: Offending people is good for business.
- In case you missed it: "The 2014 Hater's Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog."
- Sony cancels The Interview's New York debut after hackers threaten audiences with references to 9/11.
- Reliable, predictable, profitable franchises are the future of movies.
- Participants in Serial find their story hijacked by "thousands, even millions, of bored and curious people on the internet."
- The VA plans to use IBM's Watson supercomputer—of Jeopardy! fame—to advise doctors on PTSD treatments.
- Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is notorious in the NFL for complimenting players after they sack him.
- Tom Brady's ongoing good health credited to a meticulous daily training schedule operating on a three-year calendar.
- Santa robs bank during San Francisco's SantaCon fest.
- Further proof there will never be hordes of Mick Jagger impersonators: Elvis Presley the human has become Elvis the meme.
- Chat rooms should be outdated by now, but they live on as intimate members-only clubs.
- Air pollution makes Beijing nearly uninhabitable.
- Figuring out the opening chord to the Beatles' "Hard Days Night" is "is a tale of 18th century mathematicians, the study of heat, Karaoke tricks, and a measure of luck."
- Paul McCartney on the Black Death: “Slightly embarrassing, don’t you think?”
