December 7, 2011: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Kremlin arrests 300 following election-fraud protests, including star of the opposition, Alexey Navalny.
- Assad: "No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person."
- Merkel's Euro strategy: clever, risky, dangerous; if the euro is preserved, she'll be hailed as savior.
- Alec Baldwin kicked off plane for playing "Words With Friends."
- FYI: "We have entered the age of planets and, even if you can't see it now, nothing will ever be the same."
- In Focus's year in big pictures, part one of three.
- Photographs of 1940s Nashville billboards.
- Guy Trebay, student of hotels, on his charmed life of being waited upon and cleaned up after in Venice, Tokyo, etc.
- Sixteen-year-old asks famous authors question that haunts every English student—Was the symbolism intentional?—and confirms Ayn Rand was mean.
- New Sandusky accuser steps forward; alleged victims to testify next week.
- Parents of soccer stars correct to worry that frequent heading may cause bad effects on the brain.
- Would Brett Favre take a phone call from the Ice Capades? "I don’t want to go into hypotheticals," agent says.
- Music students try boxing to improve performance, punching in triplets.
- Genius—of the Wu-Tang Clan—meets with geniuses—at Harvard and MIT—to consult on his new album.
- David Denby's best films of 2011.
- Bookslut's Jessa Crispin on the appeal, crimes, and irresistible pull of Cosima Wagner, iron lady of Bayreuth.
