December 8, 2014
- Republican attorneys general in at least a dozen states form secret alliance with Big Energy to fight environmental regulations.
- The strange thing about Tony Blair's Christmas card is how the teeth seem to follow you round the room.
- Nations track their citizens with third-party surveillance tools, to the tune of $5 billion annually.
- Tens of thousands of immigrants mass at Mexico's southern border, stranded by a crackdown and targeted by gangs.
- Indigenous-rights defender killed just prior to condemning major mining project in Ecuador.
- Inept BMW driver gets stuck in a snowy parking lot, over and over again.
- Grown-ups in Hollywood doing all they can to make millions off viral videos on YouTube and Vine.
- VH1 has so successfully courted black viewers, it now struggles to connect with other groups.
- Police use teargas on a crowd of nearly 400 protesters in Berkeley, saying protesters threw explosives.
- Someone released chlorine gas at a Furry convention in Chicago.
- Interesting assessment of democracy's stall and the return of strongmen in Africa.
- Related: Nathan Thrall on the state of Jerusalem.
- Balloon soon to measure neutrinos in Antarctica, perhaps to find mini black holes and a Nobel Prize for Stephen Hawking.
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disorder found in NFL players, affects youth football players, as well.
- New Jersey teenager interviews his teachers to find out about their favorite music.
- Music magazine Fact picks the 20 best free mixes of the year.
- Technology hopefully to combat income inequality.